It’s amazing what young artists like Viraag Desai, who operates from both Calcutta and Mumbai, can achieve with scraps of paper collected from nowhere in particular if they are willing to exercise their imagination. The fossil-like forms Desai displayed at Art Exposure’s online exhibition of his works titled, A Mechanical Eye (September 11-October 30), were created with found paper, watercolours and graphite. Done in muted and matte shades of grey, blue and the red of Rojo Alicante marble found in the Iberic peninsula, Desai creates forms that may tickle the imagination of viewers. One may wonder if he is referring to specific forms from everyday life or if they are all abstracts.
The Telegraph: The fossil-like forms displayed at Art Exposure’s 'A Mechanical Eye' were created with found paper, water
October 17, 2020
