Art & Culture
‘Someday it all has to end’ at Gallery Ske
By Adithi Mathews
Published: September 18 2009
Artist Srinivasa Prasad’s works titles ‘Someday it all has to end’ is currently on display at Gallery Ske.
Artists and inspiration go hand in hand. The artists seek to be inspired and inspirations produce brilliant works of art. Inspirations could stem from various sources and could also change as an artist grows to explore the many different nuances to his craft. For artist Srinivas Prasad there is only one constant source of inspiration – Nature, which always ceases to surprise him and throw at him new ideas for his art. His latest exhibition titled ‘Someday it all has to end’ is currently on at Galery Ske till the 7th October.2009.
Speaking to MyBangalore, Prasad informs us that the current project is an autobiographical work of sorts. “I was building my own home in Sagara. While the construction process I realised that construction one’s home is a difficult task. That’s when I realized that birds do this all the time. Construct their nests, make it their home for a short time before moving to a different place to start the process all over again. When I was finding constructing my own home to be difficult, I wondered how birds managed to construct homes so often. In our lifetime we settle for one home, but birds change their homes several times” elaborated Prasad. Drawn to the transitory nature of bird’s nests, his work resembles the nests of the weaverbirds. It also questions whether the long, strenuous process of creation is only restricted to humankind.
Once bitten by the idea and the question of struggle for one’s homes, Prasad started to gather natural materials for the 10 pieces he created. “I didn’t have a particular process in mind. I started collecting Bamboo Thorns and Galvanized Iron wires and connected two or three Bamboo sticks with the help of the wire to make the nests” says Prasad speaking of his work. It’s an ongoing process for Prasad who is still making more pieces other than the ones currently on display at the Gallery Ske.
The artist is drawn to nature and uses only nature based material in his art such as sand, brick, leaf, stone, bamboo, hay in his works. Prasad has previously shown his work as part of the Galerie Krinzinger Projektes in Vienna, Austria. His work has been exhibited at the Singapore Biennale (2008) and at Six Feet Under Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead show at Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (2006). In 2007 Prasad was part of a sculpture residency at the Arcus project in Moriya, Japan. The artist’s previous work also includes site-specific installations in Bangalore - Work Under Progress at Samkalpa Art Studio and Save my only home, Earth at Ganganagar Last Bus Stop, commissioned by the Transport Department, Bangalore.
Prasad’s earlier works of art titled ‘Labyrinth’ was a site and time specific earthwork made during the Harmony Art Foundation sculpture residency at Dirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Mumbai. Using iron, chicken mesh, dried waste, mud and creepers the 30ft installation was again inspired by nature. The artist next work will use the ash of ‘unclaimed human bodies’ to explore the question ‘who perform the rituals for these unknown people?’
Someday it all has to end is currently on at Gallery Ske,
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