Sudhir Dupatti

Sudhir Dupatti has generously donated this stunning artwork which will be auctioned at 3:30pm at Willows Reach, 252 Boord Cres, Kumeu, Auckland. 50% of the proceeds will be donated to Kumeu Rotary for disbursement to West Auckland Hospice and Huapi Volunteer Fire Station. You can help support these charities by coming to Kumeu Art in the Garden and bidding on this fantastic artwork on Sunday 8th November 2009.

Title: TPG # 14
Media: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 1170mm x 1170mm
Retails: $4000

ARTIST PROFILE:
Sudhir Kumar Duppati is a Multi-Medium artist practising Painting, Installation and Performance art. He studied art specialising in Painting (BFA) and Art Criticism and Art History (MFA) from JNT University and M S University in India. He has been a practicing artist since 1995 with over 40 National and international solo and group exhibitions to his credit. Sudhir Duppati is an active researcher and academician and has been teaching in India, Africa and now in New Zealand. He travelled extensively as an Artist in resident to USA and is going to India and Europe for further residencies this summer 2009. Currently he teaches Drawing and Painting at Otago Polytechnic School of Art, Dunedin.

ABOUT THE ARTWORK:
Topography of Genesis (TPG)
My paintings "Topography of Genesis" engage in a religious and scientific understanding and reasoning about the process of evolution. My ideas are drawn from the aspects of the theory of Evolution by natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin, the big bang theory proposed by Stephen Hawking and the creation of life as said in scriptures.

My research is about exploring the possibilities of identifying the links within the Theory of Evolution and those which are based on belief and faith. Elements of life are portrayed and juxtaposed with marks that are identified in the form of symbols which become not only representations of thought but also elements of form in creation of my work. Sensory perceptions and their associated tactility are explored in terms of medium and techniques while an association is paralleled between the process of painting/printing and the evolution of ‘form.’

CONTACT:
Website: www.sudhirkduppatiprofile.blogspot.com