Unknown Artist
76 x 48 x 13 cm; 30 x 19 x 5 in
Bulbous heads, busty melon like breasted women with luscious lips, that look moody and wildly melodramatic, and almost bordering on quasi-expressionism. The bronze almost has a vaporous feel to it and creates silent fields of shadowy shapes, oblique and exquisite. In an effort to weave the elements of myth and the rustic tribal detailing of India?s roots Laxma Goud?s sculptures are a historic beginning in the odyssey of an artist. Thus, the physical experience of this work will be hinged on the conventional power of observation wherein a ?viewer senses the different convexities and rotund figurations of the human figures held in place. As a sculptor Laxma works with varied influences,both in memory and mythic allegiance , he emerges as one who renews his understanding of the interrogation of solidity, monumentality and the magic of a remote presence. The work has an ability to indulge in a kind of tactile and colouristic hedonism where vehemence is a virtue. Uma Nair – Asian Age