MAN EXHIBITING HOLES
“The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.”
G. K. Chesterton
Tallur uses sculpture, wall pieces, interactive work, and site-specific installations to expose the absurdities of everyday life and the anxieties that characterise contemporary society.
His work incorporates handmade craftsmanship, found objects, organic and industrial material; symbols of developing India, often times creating a correlation between traditional and contemporary customs. Man Exhibiting Holes made with hollow terracotta bricks comes after several works in this series titled Man with Halo, Man vs Halo, Man with Hole, Man Carrying Holes.
2018, Terracotta hollow blocks, cement
Size: 183 cm x 152 cm x 122 cm
TALLUR L N lives and works between Kundapur in Karnataka and Daegu, South Korea. He received the Skoda Prize for Indian Contemporary Art in 2012 and his work was featured at the first edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 2012. He received a BFA in Painting from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (1996), an MFA in Museology from Maharaja Sayajirao University and an MA in Contemporary Fine Art Practice from Leeds Metropolitan University. His work has been shown nationally and internationally and most recently at the Sculpture Park at Madhavendra Palace, Jaipur, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum, Mumbai, CSMVS Museum, Mumbai and National Museum, New Delhi. His upcoming survey exhibition at Grounds for Sculpture in 2019 places him at a pivotal point.
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