Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 42 42 K.G. SUBRAMANYAN (b.1924) Untitled Signed in Tamil ‘Mani’ l.c. Dated in English ‘03’ l.c. Acrylic on terracotta, 2003 11.0 in (28.0 cm) diameter INR 800,000 – 1,000,000 USD 18,050 – 22,550 ‘“I want my work to be ambiguous. I would like it to appear to me every morning as a new conguration. Also I want to straddle the visible and the abstract with their forms now becoming recognisable., now going into hiding. I think that this balancing of the abstract with the objective is one of the most signicant characteristics of the traditional art of my country – like in its temples which are undoubtedly impressive as abstract heaps of stone, but also bristle with mythology and representational detail at second glance. This is where I get into contact with it. I want my work also to live in such twilight zone of sensibility, although the ingredients I put into it are not what they used to be, but are of this time.”’ K.G. Subramanyan, quoted by R. Siva Kumar in K.G. Subramanyan – A Retrospective , 2003; p31 ExC.