Famous
Indian sculptor Valsan Kolleri - a creator of the most eloquent and
moving works of sculpture in the last three decades in India. He received
several grants and awards in India as well as abroad.
The range of materials which he now uses has widened to include wood,
leather, bones, hair, nests and hives, things which have been outgrown
or discarded, having aged or lost their value in the quest for novelty.
Turning loss to advantage, he creates a theatre where these things
are reinstated, pending further use; by virtue of their relationship
to their surroundings, they encompass a space which far exceeds their
immediate limits.
Kolleri has an affiliation with working
processes which marginalizes any message that stands apart from
the act of putting a piece together. As he asserts, concept apart,
the placement of the object or the angle of inclination which it
finally assumes is in fact the sculpture, the instant of intervention
creating a value hitherto non - existent.
