![]() Everybody can read and understand in my art the paradoxes of our life. There is a combination of local and global languages. usage of cow dung and the importance of food. SG: My themes are universal, although my references could be named the Indian village traditions, i.e. MG: Does this partly explain why your work is so successful outside India as well? Those simple kitchen utensils are a visual paradox of the shiny attractive appearance on the surface and the emptiness inside they show in a very accessible way the extremities of our time: the nothingness and the exuberance, and on a concrete level, the lack of the most essential ingredient of our life-food and the striking accumulation of hollow expressions of any kind. I use what interests me, what is mine, what fits into my way of thinking and art making. But my objects have a different character I don’t care about the ready-made concept of Duchamp. I respect Duchamp as a great artist and thinker and the Mona Lisa was a kind of homage to him, an expression of my admiration for his great artistic freedom in thinking. SG: I don’t believe that the ready-mades by Duchamp were not visually attractive to him. What is the function of these objects for you? ![]() I wonder whether these criteria apply to your work -firstly, because they are visually very attractive and secondly, because as I understand, they appeal to many Indians by calling up childhood memories. MG: I read that getting to know the works of Marcel Duchamp was very important to you: you even recently remade one of his readymades which referred to L.H.O.O.Q., his Mona Lisa with a goatee Et tu, Duchamp? Do you consider the daily objects you use as a form of readymade? According to Duchamp, the readymade has to fulfill two criteria: it has to be visually neutral and not personal. Incubate, 2010, 25 stainless steel eggs, 5 chandeliers, variable dimensions installation view Subodh Gupta.Take off your shoes and wash your hands, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, 2010, © Subodh Gupta courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, photo: Alan Dimmick Jasper Johns could make the American flag the way in which he did it only because he was an American artist it would carry a completely different meaning if a Chinese were to make it. This is the reason I use Indian objects and Hindu rituals. On the other hand, the artist is always rooted in his own tradition. ![]() A good complicated movie or a good book can be understood easily by the attentive reader who knows how to read and interpret it. The art language is, however, not a common thing it is something very secret and private. We all work in a similar way, from the visual and conceptual point of view. For me art has one language and it is not relevant to divide the artistic legacy and production into Western or non-Western. Do you consider yourself an artist who works in the tradition of Western art? Is it inevitable that a good international artist has to relate to the Western art tradition? Thanks to new media, the Internet and the fast-pace of communication, we all seem to speak a similar language- even in the field of arts. Marta Gnyp: The prophecies about our world as a global village seem to have come true. Within a couple of years, he becomes an internationally acclaimed artist whose works are sought by famous collectors worldwide.Ĭocoon, 2009 brass and metal alloy, ø 183 cm courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography Zurich, © Subodh Gupta He develops a hyper-realistic painting style where kitchen utensils serve as subjects, then goes on to create large installations and sculptures. He attends art school, moves to Delhi, works in theater productions and visual arts. His own life could also inspire a movie: a young boy from a large family growing up in one of India’s poorest regions, discovers a talent for drawing. Indian superstar artist Subodh Gupta draws inspiration from Hindu mythology and Bollywood. Within a couple of years, he becomes an internationally acclaimed artist whose works are sought by famous collectors worldwide. ![]()
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