GULAM RASOOL SANTOSH (INDIA, 1929–1997) OIL ON CANVAS UNTITLED (TANTRIC ABSTRACTION) 1987

THIS STRIKING ABSTRACT COMPOSITION EXEMPLIFIES GULAM RASOOL SANTOSH’S DISTINCTIVE TANTRIC VISUAL LANGUAGE, ROOTED IN SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND GEOMETRIC ORDER. THE PAINTING IS STRUCTURED AROUND A CENTRAL, TOTEMIC FORM COMPOSED OF INTERLOCKING SHAPES—LOTUS MOTIFS, TRIANGLES, SQUARES, AND CIRCULAR ELEMENTS—EACH CHARGED WITH METAPHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE. RICH, RESONANT HUES OF ORANGE, OCHRE, RED, AND GREEN CREATE A LUMINOUS FIELD THAT ENHANCES THE WORK’S MEDITATIVE AND SACRED QUALITY. THE CAREFUL BALANCE OF SYMMETRY AND COLOUR EVOKES A SENSE OF INNER HARMONY AND COSMIC ALIGNMENT. THIS WORK REFLECTS SANTOSH’S PHILOSOPHICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH TANTRIC THOUGHT, WHERE PAINTING BECOMES A VEHICLE FOR CONTEMPLATION, TRANSCENDENCE, AND THE VISUAL EXPRESSION OF THE INNER SELF.

THESE WORKS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER, MUCH LIKE THOSE BY RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS M.F. HUSAIN, S.H. RAZA, F.N. SOUZA, AKBAR PADAMSEE, HEMENDRANATH MAZUMDAR, RAM KUMAR, JAMINI ROY, B. PRABHA, TYEB MEHTA, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY ARE OFTEN SOLD BY AUCTIONEERS TO COLLECTORS AROUND THE GLOBE

THIS EXCLUSIVE FINE ART COLLECTIBLE REPRESENTS A CURATED SELECTION SPANNING 18TH CENTURY ART, 19TH CENTURY ART, 20TH CENTURY ART, AND CONTEMPORARY 21ST CENTURY ART. EACH PIECE REFLECTS HERITAGE AND MODERN INFLUENCES, FROM WATERCOLOR PAINTING, OIL ON CANVAS, ACRYLIC, AND MIXED MEDIA TO INDIAN PAINTING, ASIAN ART, AND CULTURAL ART COLLECTABLES. PERFECT FOR LUXURY HOME INTERIORS, GALLERIES, AND AUCTION HOUSES, THESE ORIGINAL WORKS STAND AS RARE, INVESTMENT-QUALITY ART FOR COLLECTORS AND DESIGN ENTHUSIASTS.