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Sohan Qadri

SOHAN QADRI

The Seer Sundaram Tagore Gallery 21 March–20 August 2023 London
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Artist, poet and Tantric guru Sohan Qadri (1932–2011) is one of the only internationally acclaimed artists deeply engaged with spirituality. Qadri abandoned representation early on in his long career, incorporating Tantric symbolism and philosophy into his vibrantly coloured minimalist works.

Qadri was born and raised in northern India, where he was exposed to Sufism, Hinduism and Sikhism. In search of a process that would enable art making while in a meditative state, Qadri found his spiritual medium in paper. He covered sheets of heavy, bespoke paper with structural effects by soaking them in liquid and carving them in several stages while applying inks and dyes. In the process, he transformed the paper from a flat surface into a three-dimensional medium. The repetition of careful incisions was an integral part of his yogic practice.

Work by Sohan Qadri, who spent most of his life in Europe and North America, is included in the permanent collections of The British Museum, New Delhi’s National Gallery of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum and The Rubin Museum of Art in New York, and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

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Artist, poet and Tantric guru Sohan Qadri (1932-2011) is one of the only internationally acclaimed artists deeply engaged with spirituality. Qadri abandoned representation early on in his long career, incorporating Tantric symbolism and philosophy into his vibrantly colored minimalist works. Born in India, he was initiated into yogic practice at age seven. In 1965, he left India and began a series of travels that took him to East Africa, North America, Paris and Zurich.

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Established in 2000 in New York City, Sundaram Tagore Gallery represents established and emerging artists from around the globe, specialising in work that is aesthetically and intellectually rigorous, infused with humanism and art historically significant. The gallery was founded with a mission to show that some of the best and most meaningful art was being created by artists deeply engaged in cross-cultural explorations. Our international roster of artists cross cultural and national boundaries, synthesising Western visual language with forms, techniques and philosophies from Asia, the Subcontinent and the Middle East. More than twenty years later, we continue to champion artists, particularly women and those from underrepresented cultures, whose work exemplifies our interconnectedness.
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