Shibu Natesan chooses to work as a realist using two strategies – directness and detachment. His details tie his subjects to a concrete reality but this perfection adds a certain detachment or emotional distancing. Viewing Natesan’s paintings and reading Marquez create a similar presence of magic realism. Natesan’s ‘real-ness’ is literal but yet it does not seem familiar. His canvasses are spaces inhabited by the presence of a felt absence. The artist works and lives in London. ...
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Lot no: 3720 1
Size (inches): 8.5X11
Medium: Watercolour on Paper
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