K.S. KULKARNI (INDIA, 1916–1994) – ABSTRACT BIOMORPHIC COMPOSITION, CHARCOAL ON PAPER

AN ELEGANT ABSTRACT BIOMORPHIC DRAWING BY K.S. KULKARNI EXECUTED IN CHARCOAL ON PAPER, CHARACTERIZED BY INTERWOVEN ORGANIC FORMS AND FLOWING, RHYTHMIC LINE WORK. THE COMPOSITION FEATURES CURVILINEAR SHAPES THAT EVOKE NATURAL ELEMENTS, COMBINED WITH REPEATED LINEAR PATTERNS THAT CREATE A SENSE OF MOVEMENT AND VISUAL HARMONY.

SUBTLE TONAL SHADING ADDS DEPTH AND DIMENSION, WHILE THE ARTIST’S MODERNIST APPROACH IS EVIDENT IN THE SIMPLIFICATION AND ABSTRACTION OF FIGURATIVE REFERENCES. THE BALANCED INTERPLAY OF STRUCTURE AND FLUIDITY MAKES THIS WORK A DISTINCTIVE EXAMPLE OF KULKARNI’S EXPERIMENTATION WITH FORM, IDEAL FOR COLLECTORS AND ENTHUSIASTS OF INDIAN MODERN ART