Ronny Sen b. 1986
Jharia End of Time 5 (A) , 2014
Archival Pigment Print
(HSN Code: 97020000)
(HSN Code: 97020000)
9 x 6.75 inches
Ed 1/8 + 1 A/P
Copyright Ronny Sen 2014
Ronny's work in Jharia sheds light on the current issue of environmental degradation that has made life unliveable in some parts of the world. He focuses his lens on a...
Ronny's work in Jharia sheds light on the current issue of environmental degradation that has made life unliveable in some parts of the world. He focuses his lens on a coal mining town in Jharkhand, and captures images of the coal fire that has been burning in Jharia since the early 1900s, as well as unethical and unsustainable mining practices that continue in the area till today. The result of this is a set of entirely surreal images that are simultaneously morbid and immeasurably beautiful.
In this series, he continues to highlight his photographic engagement with the contemporary landscape, encouraging viewers to turn traditional landscape on it's head, moving from a large-scale, horizontal format, to a compressed vertical one, much like the screens through which we are now forced to consume our everyday.
In this series, he continues to highlight his photographic engagement with the contemporary landscape, encouraging viewers to turn traditional landscape on it's head, moving from a large-scale, horizontal format, to a compressed vertical one, much like the screens through which we are now forced to consume our everyday.
Exhibitions
Fire Continuum, TARQ, Mumbai, 2018This Burning Land Belongs To You, Swiss Cottage Gallery, London, U.K. (Presented by TARQ for Camden Kala, UK/India Year of Culture, 2017
Literature
1. Studio International, Ronny Sen – interview: ‘The work is about the apocalypse in a certain way, where everything will go to the fire and the dust’, April 9, 2019https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/ronny-sen-interview-the-work-is-about-the-apocalypse-fire-and-dust-jharia
2. The Beacon, Vision of an apocalypse, Mach 31, 2018
https://www.thebeacon.in/2018/03/31/visions-of-an-apocalypse-visual-spaces/
3. Art Culture Festival, Fire Continuum, August 23, 2018
https://www.old.artculturefestival.in/fire-continuum/
4. Afternoon DC, Witnessing the apocalypse, September 7, 2018
http://www.tarq.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018.09.7-The-Afternoon-DC.pdf
5. Domus India, A way into the future: Optics of cruelty, October 2018
http://www.tarq.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2018_10_00-Domus-1.pdf
6. The Asian Age, Highway to hell, September 12,2018
https://www.asianage.com/life/more-features/120918/highway-to-hell.html
7. Platform Magazine, Resurgence Mention, Apr 28 2020
https://www.platform-mag.com/art/resurgence.html
