Sculptor Riyas Komu: An argument about beautiful histories at risk
The HinduRIYAS KOMU’S solo exhibition titled “Out of Place”, which is on at Gallery Sumukha in Bengaluru from August 25 to September 23, showcases a series of works that forces us to pause and reflect upon ourselves as a people who share a certain history, and as a civilisation whose lineages are ancient and complex. Earlier this year, Riyas Komu installed the statue of Ambedkar titled “Fourth World” at the Nirox Foundation’s Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in Johannesburg, South Africa, which is again an invitation and provocation across time and space. One finds five sets of works in different mediums: there are paintings of Dandi Bridge and Memory Cloud, glazed stoneware, terracotta and other sculptural figures, a woodcut series titled “Contortionist”, assemblages such as the “Dancing Girl” and the iron mask and the mike, and a video work titled “My Grave” featuring Nasirudeen Shah. Works like “Foundan” are also an attempt at invoking art history to communicate with the present.
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