K.S. KULKARNI (INDIA, 1916–1994) CHARCOL ON PAPER ABSTRACT GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION

THIS CHARCOAL DRAWING BY K.S. KULKARNI (INDIA, 1916–1994) FEATURES A DYNAMIC ABSTRACT COMPOSITION BUILT FROM INTERLOCKING GEOMETRIC PLANES AND ANGULAR FORMS. THE OVERLAPPING STRUCTURES CREATE A SENSE OF RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT, SUGGESTING BOTH ARCHITECTURAL AND ORGANIC ASSOCIATIONS WHILE REMAINING FIRMLY ROOTED IN ABSTRACTION.

EXECUTED IN CHARCOAL ON PAPER, THE WORK EMPLOYS REPETITIVE LINEAR HATCHING AND VARIED DENSITY OF SHADING TO BUILD DEPTH AND SPATIAL TENSION. THE DIAGONAL THRUST OF THE FORMS AND THE LAYERED CONFIGURATION IMBUE THE COMPOSITION WITH ENERGY AND STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY.

K.S. KULKARNI WAS A LEADING FIGURE IN MODERN INDIAN ART, RENOWNED FOR HIS EXPLORATION OF FORM, STRUCTURE, AND RHYTHM ACROSS MEDIA. THIS DRAWING EXEMPLIFIES HIS MODERNIST VOCABULARY AND HIS SENSITIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH GEOMETRY AND LINE IN WORKS ON PAPER.