Sakshi Gallery Mumbai will be presenting a solo exhibition by K.G. Subramanyan, featuring a grand mural spanning with the total size of 9 feet (height) by 36 feet (width). 

Artist Statement:

To some truth is single; to some others many. And they all devise special signs and symbols, rituals and relics to demonstrate its basic unity. But with the passage of time, these fail to fulfill this function. They become opaque and private. Instead of leading the human being to a vision of the total truth underlying even the differences they do the opposite, distancing person from person and bringing in silly confrontations. These bring to life the beastly features in human behavior; baring one's tools of assault, filling ones eye's with suspicion, one's mind with hate and distrust.

So the relics and other devices that were meant to inspire and unite, divide and cause dissension. We see this on a wide scale in today's civilized world, pitting brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor.

-K. G. Subramanyan

Image: © K.G. Subramanyan