SUBLIMINAL METROPOLIS

Curated by Anne Maniglier JULIEN SEGARD PREKSHA TATER SHANTHAMANI MUDDAIAH

Subliminal Metropolis displays the works of three artists: Shanthamani M and Preksha Tater from India and Julien Segard from France. The exhibition explores different ways of representing architectural spaces whether urban, ancient, or psychological. The three bodies of work in the show play with a geometrical architecture and an organizing grid and deconstruct it to create an eternal play between the representation of a formalistic space and its collapse into what can be perceived as a mental landscape. In her work, Shanthamani Muddaiah addresses ancient Western antiquity and goes back to its iconic mythologies and images to examine and reform them with a particular and charged sculptural material charcoal. In her major piece in the show Black Mirror, she focuses on the architectural structure of the pillar. Six massive charcoal columns infiltrate the gallery space and alongside sculptures of urns create an imagined, disrupted archeological city site. Shanthamani's gaze towards the heritage of Western culture is ambivalent on the one hand it represents for her one of the origins of human knowledge and at the same time it is worn out by time and no longer holds an exclusive claim to the understanding of the world. The pillars signify both a pathos of human glory as well as its decay, collapsing under multiple narratives and inclusive forms of knowledge which gradually overshadow an ancient grandeur. Shanthamani's frozen, heavy sculptures of a deteriorating antiquity are juxtaposed in the gallery space with Julien Segard's dynamic drawings of deconstructed contemporary metropolises. Segard creates immense city-scape drawings made out from diverse recycled materials. The images originate from satellite views of different cities in France and India (Paris, Marseille) to which he has a biographical relation. The unity of the image is dismantled, detached from reality, abstracted and reconstructed anew. The distant bird's eye point of view is infused with the energetic proximity of his own personal-mental experiences and explorations in these urban spaces. This generates a vibrant perspective shuffling. Space in the works of Preksha Tater can also be grasped as processed formations of psychological relations. But differently from Segard's works they do not refer to specific locations in reality, rather, they map out the fragile architecture of the artist's inner world. Her minimalist paintings and installations are abstracted subliminal structures delicately reflecting her emotional and existential state of being.

Julien Segard
Born in Marseille, France, Julien Segard's art has been informed by his surroundings and people on the streets. Since the early 2000's, his work has revolved around the creation of conceptually based socio-economic objects and installations, for indoor and outdoor sites. He usually works on several bodies of work concurrently. The various bodies of works inform or cross communicate with each other. He doesn't believe in limiting his work to a particular size, frame, canvas or dimension, since he feels that restricts one's style expression. His works are more linked with mental maps than windows representations. Julien's work has been has been exhibited in France, Germany, Ghana, Mali, and New Delhi. His works have been shown in a group exhibition 'Subliminal Metropolis' at Latitude 28, New Delhi (2012). In 2012 he attended the Sandarbh Artist Residency in Partapur India. He also been recipient of other residencies including Cite Internationale des arts, Paris( 2010) andQuartiers d'Orange Residency, Mali (2009). Currently living and working in New Delhi, julien's work was exhibited at The rose Hotel , New Delhi in June 2012, followed by an Exhibition at Devi Art Foundation in collaboration with Asim Waqif, Ashhar Farooqui and Harry Samson, Gurgaon in August 2012.

The Flood Size: 295.3" x 98.4" Medium: Charcoal and Pastel on Paper, Wood, Carpet Year: 2012

Deaf, Dumb and Blind Size: 78.7" x 35.4" Medium: Acrylic on Paper Year: 2012

Ethyhexanol Size: 8.7" x 7.1" Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2012

Ethylene Size: 23.6" x 28" Medium: Watercolor on Wood Year: 2012

Falimente (Bankruptcy) Size: 11.8" x 16.5" Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2012

Falimente (Bankruptcy) Size: 11.8" x 16.5" Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2012

Installation of Falimente (Bankruptcy)

Falimente (Bankruptcy) Size: 11.8" x 16.5" Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2012

Polyvinyl Chloride Size: 34.6" x 10.6" Medium: Oil on Wood Year: 2012

Butadiene Size: 16.9" x 13.4" Medium: Watercolor on Wood Year: 2012

Monoethylene Size: 15" x 13" Medium: Oil on Metal Year: 2012

Night view on the Bridge Size: 2.4m x 1m Medium: Pastel Year: 2010

Shanthamani Muddaiah
After an MFA in Painting from MSU, Baroda, the artist went on to do a Paper Making Course from Glasgow, Scotland. Her solo exhibitions are Reflections a multimedia exhibition on Ganga at Cinnamon, Bangalore, 2012; Carbon Myths, Gallery Helene Lamarque, curated by Anne Maniglier, Miami, Florida, USA, 2010; Exhibition of Installations Frozen Phoenix, Sumukha, Bangalore, 2008; Exhibition of Painting and Body-cast Silent Speak, Chemould Presscott, Mumbai, 2007; Exhibition of Painting Gestures Speak at Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore, Chennai, 2007; and Exhibitions of paintings Mapping Fragments at Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore,1996. Her recent Group shows include Days of Over Lap a contemporary Indian art show at Rosenfeld Gallery, Curated by Anne Maniglier, Tel Aviv, Israel 2012; Critical Mass, Tel Aviv Museum show, Israel 2012; River, Body & Legends a Corpus multimedia presentation with two women artists, Matighar, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi 2012; Participated in Indian Art Fair, New Delhi 2012; Big Picture IFA fund raising show, curated by Abhishek Poddar, Bangalore, 2011; Regards Croises, Art plural Gallery, Singapore, 2011; and Indian Spring curated by Anne Maniglier and Dominique Fretard, two artists show in Gallery Benamou, Paris, 2011. She was awarded the National Junior Fellowship from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, New Delhi (2006-08) and the Charles Wallace Scholarship to work in Glasgow, UK (2004).

Black Mirror Size: Installation of six different sized pillars Medium: Charcoal, Cotton Rag Year: 2012

Urn Size: 50" x 25" x 15" Medium: Charcoal, Cotton Rag Pulp and Copper Wire Year: 2012

Preksha Tater
Born in 1981, the artist completed her BFA in Painting and MFA specializing in murals from MSU, Baroda. Residencies she has been part of include Yatoo Nature Art Exhibition 2012, South Korea; Bombay Electric with Artwise Initiatives(Mumbai), 2011; Kanoria Center for Arts (Ahmedabad), 2008; Darpana Academy for Performing Arts, 2008; Global Arts Village (Delhi), 2008; and Kashi Art Gallery (Cochin), 2007. She has also attended workshops on Painting organised by Art and Deal, Puri, 2011; Painting by Tiara Foundation, Goa, India, 2010; Graphics by Uttarayan Art Foundation, Jaspur, Vadodara, India, 2010; 'Parivartaan' a site-specific workshop, Assam, 2008; Glass, Enamel, Wood carving Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Vadodara (India) 2005-07; and Tsunami Camp organized by Kaleidoscope gallery Vadodara (India), 2004. Her recent shows include Small Wonders at Strand Art Room curated by Anne Maniglier, Mumbai (India) 2009; Mending Fences, Art Gallery, Science Center, Surat, Gujarat, India, 2012; Days of Overlap, Rosenfeld Gallery, curated by Anne Maniglier, Israel, 2012; Portfolio Show, Priyasri Art Gallery, Vadodara, Gujarat, 2012; Trial and Error, Gallery of Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, Gujarat, 2012; Beauty and the Beast curated by Anne Maniglier, Matthieu Foss gallery, Mumbai, 2011; To Japan from Baroda Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara , Gujarat, 2011; Fly Baroda Fly, Red Earth Gallery, Vadodara, 2011; Gallery of the University of Pusan, Korea, 2010; Go see India, Sweden, 2010; FICA Annual show Hyphenated Practices, Vadhera Art Gallery, Delhi, India, 2009; Galerie Helene Lamarque, Paris, 2009.

Untitled Size: 122" x 122" Medium: Charcoal on Canvas Year: 2010

Untitled Size: 122" x 122" Medium: Charcoal, Graphite on Aluminium Figure, on Canvas Year: 2011

Untitled Size: 122" x 122" Medium: Mixed Media, Graphite, Aluminium, and M-Seal on Canvas Year: 2011

Untitled Size: 182.8" x 121.9" Medium: Pen and Cellotape on Canvas Year: 2012

(detail)

Untitled Size: 2 x 2.25 feet Medium: Charcoal and color on raw Canvas Year: 2008

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