Prasantha Sahu's contribution to Small is Big 2012

Artist :  Prasantha Sahu
Title :Blue print of a hand 
Media : Transfer and acrylic on acid free paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com

Artist :  Prasantha Sahu
Title :Blue print of foot
Media : Transfer and acrylic on acid free paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com

Artist :  Prasantha Sahu
Title :X ray of a political speech
Media : Transfer and acrylic on acid free paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com

Artist :  Prasantha Sahu
Title :X ray of a political speech
Media : Transfer and acrylic on acid free paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com





Artist : Prasantha Sahu

Title :A contextual study of Kosuth's hammer
Media : Transfer and acrylic on acid free paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com

Prasantha Sahu is from Santhiniketan. He says about one of the work presented above....

" This drawing ( blue print of foot ) is my interpretation of relocation and migration, which is as ancient as the human race itself. But here, I am talking about a forceful  unwanted migration, where people involuntarily leave their  native regions due to riots between different classes, threat to life or race.Sometimes this exodus walks hundreds of miles to save their lives and family. In India, ethnic minorities fleeing their homeland and transplanting to other parts to save their lives is a tragic event we come across repeatedly throughout our history. There have been numerous eerie repetitions of the India-Pakistan partition and the India Bangladesh division.Yet I fail to see any change in the situation in last 60- 70 years. In post independent India, Kashmiri Pundits, Tibetans, and lately the flight of the Hindu community from Pakistan and the very recent incident in Assam repeats the same age old story. This painfully tragic practice of a person or persons unwillingly leaving the homeland/home in ones lifetime is in complete strife with the very basics of humanity.

In the work, The shape of a leg ( my own leg) is imprinted/ embossed with a regional map of India, which looks like skin textures, veins, hairs.We always carry within us the culture, ethics, social customs. The angst of displacement imprints the lost homeland within us. The Map, the landscape, rivers, lakes mountains etc is not an external entity rather becomes an integral part of the body itself."

Devan Madangarly's : Small is Big 2012

Artist :  Devan Madangarly
Title : Untitled 1
Media : watercolour on paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
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Artist :  Devan Madangarly
Title : Untitled 2
Media : water colour on paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012

Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com

 

Madhu V works : Small is Big 2012

Artist :  Madhu V
Title : Secret practice 1, 2, 3, 4   (4 works)
Media : Soft pastels and charcoal on paper
Size : 5.3 inches x 6.9 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com 

Madhu V has participated in many camps, solo  and group shows. His works are unique  in nature.

Anirudhan T work : Small is Big 2012

Artist :  Anirudhan T 
Title : Untitled
Media : Dry pastels on paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com 














Anirudhan T attempts to bring simplicity into the works and shades of cubism in curved forms are evident in his works. Has a great potential to reach the sublime realms. 

Dinesh P G works : Small is Big 2012

Artist :  Dinesh P G
Title : 'Memory of Late Teacher' Kerala Boy
Media : Pencil on fabriano paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
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Artist :  Dinesh P G
Title : 'Memory of Late Teacher' Hindu
Media : Pencil on fabriano paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com 

Artist :  Dinesh P G
Title : 'Memory of Late Teacher' Muslim
Media : Pencil on fabriano paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com 

Artist :  Dinesh P G
Title : 'Memory of Late Teacher' Christian
Media : Pencil on fabriano paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com 

Dinesh P G has participated in many camps , group shows and solo formats .  His works are there in many private collection in India and abroad. 

Babu Xavier's works : Small is Big 2012

Artist :  Babu Xavier
Title : Untitled 1
Media : Mixed media on paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : created in 1999
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com 

Artist :  Babu Xavier
Title : Untitled 2
Media : Mixed media on paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : created in 1999
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com 

Artist :  Babu Xavier
Title : Untitled 3
Media : Mixed media on paper
Size : 9 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : created in 1999
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com 

The artist approach art without any pre-condition and explore a world of sensitive images and place them in a surreal space.

His works are part of individual as well as institutional collections all over the world. 

Rajesh Ram's Sculpture : Small is Big 2012

Artist :  Rjesh Ram
Title : Ghar Ki Murgi Dal barabar
Media : Bronze (edition of 3)
Size : 8 inches x 8 inches x 7 inches
Debut show : Small is Big, 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com 







this works has been the hero of the show. most of the visitors spent time with thiis work and clicked from as many angles as they could. By seeing the image of the sculpture, Small is Big 2012 is reminded.

This is a master piece the collectors should not miss!

Rajan Krishnan's work : Small is Big 2012

Artist :  Rajan Krishnan
Title : Sparrows
Media : Oil on canvas
Size : 10 inches x 8 inches
Debut show : Small is Big, 2012
Price :  contact  artestateindia@gmail.com 

Rajan Krishnan's works attempt to re-discover the traits of a supposedly lost environment and habitat of forgotten beings. 

Gayatri Gamuz works : Small is Big 2012

Artist :  Gayatri Gamuz
Title : Post cards from Spain 'Sea shore"
Media : Oil on canvas
Size : 6 inches x 4 inches
Debut show : Small is Big, 2012
Price :  contact artestateindia@gmail.com 

Artist :  Gayatri Gamuz
Title : Post cards from Spain 'Easter in cuenca Cathedral"
Media : Oil on canvas
Size : 6 inches x 4 inches
Debut show : Small is Big, 2012
Price :  contact artestateindia@gmail.com 








Artist :  Gayatri Gamuz
Title : Post cards from Spain 'Tourists on the beach"
Media : Oil on canvas
Size : 6 inches x 4 inches
Debut show : Small is Big, 2012
Price :  contact artestateindia@gmail.com 





Artist :  Gayatri Gamuz
Title : Post cards from Spain 'Women Playing cards"
Media : Oil on canvas
Size : 6 inches x 4 inches
Debut show : Small is Big, 2012
Price :  contact artestateindia@gmail.com

Artist :  Gayatri Gamuz
Title : Post cards from Spain 'Grafitti on the beach"
Media : Oil on canvas
Size : 6 inches x 4 inches
Debut show : Small is Big, 2012
Price :  contact artestateindia@gmail.com




Gayatri Gamuz says 

" these collection of paintings are called "Postcards from Spain" ......they are painted in reference from photos which my 8 years old son took in one of our journeys to Spain......... these images are coming from a very particular perspective of a half Spanish boy who lives all of his live in India .....his subjects of attention  where he will click a photo will differ tremendously from my subjects and  I find this point very interesting:  women playing cards , tourists sitting in the beach, the entry of Christ on the cathedral of Cuenca ,the graffiti on the beach .... .

when you wrote the letter proposing this exhibition I realized  that post card photographs are actually having tremendous parallelisms to  the qualities  of  miniatures and  then I thought  to paint on the size of a postcard photo so these paintings size is  exactly 6 inches x 4 inches ..... "

Small is BIG! 2012 (largest contemporary miniature art show of India)

Collecting art is personal and everyone’s wall reveals a bit about themselves. There are empty walls galore, but art lovers yearn for a worthy art to fill their wall spaces and their hearts, they look for ways to fill this void. Kochi was delighted to present a unique show of miniatures of contemporary works, that are extraordinary and rich in diversity, and titled Small is BIG!.  Small is beautiful was the guiding principle  and the show featured both established and promising visual artists of India who reflected contemporary images / issues in their works in small form. The main characteristic of this art show was, all the works were in miniature form. Another aspect was that an accomplished collector as well as a novice could take home the great names inscribed on the exhibited art with practically no hassle.

Each culture and era has its own guidelines to discriminate what is miniature based on professional and public opinion. Here, in the Small is BIG! a miniature was any work that did not exceed 9 inches x 7 inches, the artist had the liberty to express contemporary ideas within that short window and it was viewed as “fine original art done in small scale”.  It was believed that miniatures had its own place, it occupies less space as it gives big pride to the collector and invokes the pristine feeling again and again that blossomed at the first sight. It was assumed that the attraction to miniature works of art lies not only in the beauty of detail and refinement, but in the uniqueness, preciousness and a sense of possession –the rareness and practicality of something small.

The size prescribed was also the same size as the iPad screen size! We hope that the works brought colour to the digital screens!

Small is BIG! was an attempt to create a miniature forum for the art lovers.