Celebrating Jyoti Bhatt: Reincarnations: Limited Edition Portfolios
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"Reincarnations" is an offering of limited edition prints of ten selected artworks by Jyoti Bhatt, in collaboration with Gallery Ark. The idea of "reincarnating" old works into affordable prints inspired the artist who's views on art remain driven by a democratic impetus. He revisited and re-purposed some of his early work to create a series of prints that were accessible to a broader cross section of art lovers. The photographs and paintings that make up the bouquet have been selected for their empathetic quality which the artist hopes will bring joy and value to our lives. There could not be a more fitting time to once again introduce these affordable limited edition prints.
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The portfolios of a limited edition of ten art works have been conceived as a collaborative venture by Gallery Ark and Shri Jyoti Bhatt, born from the artist's egalitarian approach to life - where he asserts his belief and puts into practice that art should be affordable to a wide section of art lovers. He has chosen from his vast body of works, a selection that he believes holds broader affinities and relatable empathy to those who view the work. He has produced these works in varying sizes to accommodate how they can be assimilated into the lives of others, without an undue intrusion of space - a commodity of luxury that not all have access to in cities today.
With the advancement of technology, the artist seized the opportunity to breath new life into some of his old works, which had deteriorated as a result of the use of inferior materials when he was a struggling young artist. He uses the analogy of the idea of incarnations and the transformation of form as seen in the mythological Avatars, to explain this intervention that he seeks with his past works. The term he coins for this process is Reincarnations.
Rekha Rodwittiya
ArtistVadodara, 2019 -
FIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC REINCARNATIONS
(AVAILABLE AS SETS AND SINGLES)
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Untitled, 2018 Digital Reincarnation, 2019
Limited Edition Individual Print : 15 x 22 inches (30 editions) , ₹25,000
Avaialable in a portfolio of 5 Photographs : 11.5 x 17 inches (19 editions), ₹40,000
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"Because of the advancement of technology it has now become possible for us to revive, renovate and reproduce old works of arts that are not in good condition. I have tried to revive some of my old works that were created with material which was affordable and easily available to me during the early years of my career. Neither the paints nor the canvas or papers I had used then were of archival quality. I have also tried to rejuvenate my earlier works by giving them a kind of 'face-lift'. So, the present works are in a way the new 'Avataaras' of my old works."- Jyoti Bhatt
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FIVE DIGITAL REINCARNATIONS
(AVAILABLE AS SETS AND SINGLES)
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Cosmic Egg, 1969 Digital Reincarnation, 2019
Limited Edition Individual Print : 22 x 34 inches (28 editions)
Available in a porfolio of 5 reincarnations : 11.5 x 17 inches (20 editions) -
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Images from the Portfolio Launch
