He confesses to be jittery about life’s fast pace, but ironically Pranab Basu’s latest exhibition is titled “Speed”. “It is an evil necessity,” he says. The former journalist may not be a frequent presence in the art circle, but the passion of a self-taught artist is reflected in his abstracts where he ponders on evanescence and Dante’s hell. In the Disappearance series, forms seem to be irretrievably hurtling toward a point of invisibility. Mouth of Purgatory is like a vortex where black loses its darkness while the vaulted tomb of the inferno in La Tomba almost seems like a womb. The Renaissance poet seems to have been a permanent influence on Basu. He had earlier made a film, Dante and Ganga, on how the poet was inspired by the river. Next Basu hopes to uncover a secret about Leonardo da Vinci in a documentary that he will start filming in September.
The exhibition at the India International Centre is on till May 15 — Vandana Kalra cities.expressindia.com
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