Pratap Morey, Dismantle study - III, 2018

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Archival ink on museum board pasted on conservation board with archival glue.
(HSN Code: 970110)

16 x 13 inches (each) - A set of 12 works

Morey sees parallels between the board games, both physical and virtual, and the jumble of architectural elements around him. The idea of decoding jigsaw puzzles and the thrill of putting...

Morey sees parallels between the board games, both physical and virtual, and the jumble of architectural elements around him. The idea of decoding jigsaw puzzles and the thrill of putting the pieces together or in turn creating new puzzles of his own has long held a fascination for him. For his formations Morey also draws from his earlier artistic practice of using the device of a mirror to create self-portraits. This conversation between the image and its mirrored pendant, alerted him to the potential of a dialogue between physical and virtual images. The learning from these early experiments manifests itself in his work in the repetition of motifs and their mirrored doubles. The addictive tile-matching puzzle video game, Tetris, was another favourite of his, pandering to his innate desire to create order out of chaos. In the game, geometric shapes called Tetriminos fall down a rectangular vertical shaft. The player has to manipulate them to create a horizontal line of ten units without any gaps. Equally captivating for the artist was a variant of the Tetris called the Brick Game, which was a popular handheld game console.

Written by Meera Menezes, Concrete Ciphers, 2019

Exhibitions

Concrete Ciphers, TARQ, Mumbai, 2019

Literature

1. Architectural Digest, Pratap Morey’s new solo tries to decode Mumbai’s ever-changing cityscape, January 21, 2019
https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/pratap-moreys-new-solo-tarq-mumbai-architecture-concrete/

2. Domus, Concrete Ciphers by Pratap Morey written by Meera Menezes. 31.1.20 http://www.tarq.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Domus.-Concrete-Ciphers-by-Pratap-Morey.pdf

Publications

Concrete Ciphers Exhibition Catalogue, Essay written by Meera Menezes, TARQ, 2019

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Pratap Morey b. 1981

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