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Cross-Sections: Sculptures & Drawings by Dhruva Mistry

Author: Collins Gallery
Category: Catalogue
Publisher: Collins Gallery
ISBN: 0 907114 14 8
Year: 1989
Subject: Tessa Jackson, Sculpture, Drawing, Collins Gallery, Crawford Arts Centre, Laing Art Gallery,
Description: Discussions for this exhibition coincided with rumours that Dhruva Mistry might be commissioned to make a large scale work at Glasgow`s Garden Festival. This exhibition now opens as the 1988 National event closes. During the period of concurrent activity the 15 foot Reclining Woman has been constructed and sited. More recently, she has been admired and questioned. This exhibition will provide no answers but will present a context and a wider vocabulary with which to view the artist`s work.

The basis of much of Dhruva Mistry`s work lies in classical Indian forms. His translation of mythology of contemporary in its directness, surety and style. Egyptian and European imagery has, in some cases, been absorbed into his work and the separate or similar qualities of these traditions attract the artist. He maintains a constant contemporary review of these traditions. The sensuous handling of materials belies the intellectual questioning of form. Dhruva Mistry`s cast of characters, human, animal, and imaginary remain accessible at the simplest of levels. Witnessing the realisation and the traditional heritage from which these works have sprung, is the foundation on which this six year selection has been made. Full understanding of anything reduces the attention paid to it.
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