THE PSYCHE AND THE SUBLIME

A Sridhar Murthy's Liminal Lands evokes a feeling of exploring something in depth, as if digging into memories and through dreams of lived decades

- Saraswathy K Bhattathiri

Art educationist and Professor at the College of Fine Arts, Bengaluru, Dr A. Sridhar Murthy considers his practice as a self-exploratory journey where his mind churns between various visuals and thoughts from his life. The esteemed artist, who was born in Koppal, Karnataka in 1965, and pursued arts as he was “poor in general studies,” says his artworks evoke a feeling of exploring something in depth, as if digging into memories and through dreams of lived decades and condensing them to picture planes often focusing on concepts of sublime. His solo show ‘Liminal Lands’ held recently at the Art Houz Gallery, Bengaluru, comprising 30 watercolour works of varying sizes that have been done over a period of two years, connects to the artist’s self-introspective thoughts on a groundless life almost uprooted and disturbed floating without a destination or gravity, which veils with his self-proclaimed automatism. His works reflect on his poetic attitudes towards life and his immediate surroundings.