Sameer Kulavoor b. 1983
VIRAL CONTENT, 2019
Acrylic on Canvas
(HSN Code: 970110)
(HSN Code: 970110)
48 x 84 inches
Copyright Sameer Kulavoor, 2019
In this work, Sameer looks at the almost comic nature of a petty fight that escalates, placing the viewer almost into the tangle. The composition of the works is almost...
In this work, Sameer looks at the almost comic nature of a petty fight that escalates, placing the viewer almost into the tangle. The composition of the works is almost panoramic, allowing the figures in the painting to have space to move. Locating this mass of people at a familiar intersection outside his studio, Sameer also plays with ideas of pattern, flatness and a certain stillness of the banal objects that surround the chaos. Situated in the city that echoes through the other paintings surrounding the work, "Viral Content" once more looks at the power of the phone, to stop, start or record a tragedy.
Exhibitions
YOU ARE ALL CAUGHT UP, TARQ, Mumbai, 2020Literature
1. Mid-day, 'The canvas of our time', by Dalreen Ramos, 2nd Dec 2020: https://www.tarq.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020_12_02-Mid-Day-The-canvas-of-our-time.pdf2. It's Nice That, "Sameer Kulavoor’s paintings depict large-scale, bustling metropolises", written by Ayla Angelos, 19th January 2021: https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/sameer-kulavoor-art-190121
3. Design India Magazine, "Born out of the mundane", by Sonali Tomar, 5th February 2021:https://www.tarq.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021_02_05-Design-India-Issue-126-Born-out-of-the-mundane.pdf
MASH India, SHALINI PASSI IN CONVERSATION WITH SAMEER KULAVOOR, 29 July 2021
https://www.mashindia.com/shalini-passi-in-conversation-with-sameer-kulavoor.php