Pratap Morey b. 1981
Superimpose 2.0.10, 2019
Ink on Archival Print
(HSN Code: 9701)
(HSN Code: 9701)
12.5 x 20.4 inches
Copyright Pratap Morey, 2019
Pratap Morey uses digital prints and archival material to create intricate matrices exploring the constantly changing geographies of urban spaces. The Superimpose series articulates problematic themes such as construction, redevelopment...
Pratap Morey uses digital prints and archival material to create intricate matrices exploring the constantly changing geographies of urban spaces. The Superimpose series articulates problematic themes such as construction, redevelopment and displacement, that not only resonate with current times but are immediate concerns in our urban landscape. The structural nature of his works act as a tool to create an almost new parallel to reality.
According to Kaiwan Mehta, “As much as the drawings consider the stuff of reality as their basis, and are then actually superimposed over pictures and photos of that reality, they seem to in fact produce a world that primarily exists within the drawn projection - the drawing is the reality while the photos underneath, morphed and mirrored, create some sense of an intoxicated reality no longer real. The reality of photos, and the material recognition of that landscape, and all in life that goes along with it produces a certain surreal ‘lost-landscape of reality’ - a reality so real that one finds it intoxicating, an almost a new parallel to reality but not real.”
According to Kaiwan Mehta, “As much as the drawings consider the stuff of reality as their basis, and are then actually superimposed over pictures and photos of that reality, they seem to in fact produce a world that primarily exists within the drawn projection - the drawing is the reality while the photos underneath, morphed and mirrored, create some sense of an intoxicated reality no longer real. The reality of photos, and the material recognition of that landscape, and all in life that goes along with it produces a certain surreal ‘lost-landscape of reality’ - a reality so real that one finds it intoxicating, an almost a new parallel to reality but not real.”
Exhibitions
Navigating Geometries | Online Exhibition, TARQ, 2020India Art Fair, New Delhi, represented by TARQ, 2020
Literature
Mojarto- Exhibition Alert : Navigating Geometries at Tarq Gallery. 22.5.2020. https://www.mojarto.com/blogs/exhibition-alert-navigating-geometries-at-tarq-gallery5
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