The changing face of the urban landscape is graphically portrayed in oils and acrylics by artist-photographer Ravi Shekhar in his display aptly titled “Bombay Now Mumbai”.
A native of Benares who has made the transition to Mumbai, Ravi graduated from the Benares Hindu University in 1980 and went on to get a diploma in photography. He has exhibited regularly at the Hacienda Art gallery, Legacy Art Gallery, Artist’s Centre and with the Bendre Art Foundation’s group show at Suchitra Art Gallery in Mumbai.
He has broken new ground as a digital film maker with his documentary films on such luminaries as Raghu Rai, Himmat Shah, and Baiju Parthan. His hour long video based on the interview and visuals of Mumbai was the part of the Bose Krishnamachari’s prestigious installation ‘Ghost Transmemoir’, which was shown in various cities like New York, Paris & London.
In his recent works on canvas, Ravi Shekhar makes good use of dramatic contrasts to juxtapose an old chawl against a high-rise, with loving detail and takes aerial view to render his cityscapes in abstract terms.
- C S NAG
At Museum Art Gallery Kala Ghoda Mumbai, INDIA
Bombay Now Mumbai series- Acryelic on canvas by Ravi Shekhar in Group show
At Museum Art Gallery Kala Ghoda Mumbai, INDIA
