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Lot 23 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILLEM BAARS (LOTS 12-43)
Willem and myself became friends while I was on a residency at the Rijksakademie. I found we shared a common interest, cricket. (Willem likes to open the innings and play like Kieron Pollard). In the art world, Willem is a man of significant actions and always a thorough professional who has always delivered. — Anant Joshi
Willem and myself became friends while I was on a residency at the Rijksakademie. I found we shared a common interest, cricket. (Willem likes to open the innings and play like Kieron Pollard). In the art world, Willem is a man of significant actions and always a thorough professional who has always delivered. — Anant Joshi
ANANT JOSHI (B. 1969)
May Look Closer Than They Appear - 5
Closed11 June 2014
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GBP 20,000
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Anant Joshi’s monumental canvases from the series May Look Closer Than They Appear communicate the artist’s experience of urban sprawl and the explosive growth of consumption in cities like Mumbai. Like his large scale installations, these paintings offer an immersive experience for the viewer, first attracting them with their sheen and then challenging them to look beyond it and understand why all that glitters is not necessarily gold.
As the art critic of The New York Times, Holland Cotter, writes, "Cities in Asia are changing fast. They're going up and coming down at about equal speed. Urban culture, flooded with global goods and media, is changing too. Inevitably, such transformations have a big impact on art and are the subjects of new work by Anant Joshi, who lives and works in Mumbai.” (“Art in Review; Anant Joshi”, The New York Times, 27 October 2006)
As the art critic of The New York Times, Holland Cotter, writes, "Cities in Asia are changing fast. They're going up and coming down at about equal speed. Urban culture, flooded with global goods and media, is changing too. Inevitably, such transformations have a big impact on art and are the subjects of new work by Anant Joshi, who lives and works in Mumbai.” (“Art in Review; Anant Joshi”, The New York Times, 27 October 2006)