Osian's Auction Catalogue India The Passionate Detachment | February 2001

THE PASSIONATE DETACHMENT 206 204 REKHA RODWITTIYA (b.1958) I do not seek......I find Oil on canvas, 1990 180.0 x 90.0 cm. (72 x 36”) Rs. 125,000 - 175,000 $ 1,595 - 3,725 “My struggles continues in the direction of projecting my intentions through metaphors , and the human figure still holds my entire attention as a vehicle to explore attitude. However I see the need for myself, to re-question my use of narration as the underlying structure that integrates the motifs. My own explorations have led me to a concern with the structure of my objects, where previously I spewed forth gut level reactions in relation to my treatment of the subjects. I am now searching for a balance between the deliberated and the emotive. The play of gestures, the intertwining of fact and fiction and the use of myth assume a major role in my pictorial language. I enjoy the dramatic tension of pushing the motifs “upfront” to confront the viewer, and manipulating the space as dictated by the occurences between the motifs.” (Rekha Rodwittiya, in Art Heritage 9 1989-90, pp17 & 23).