PRISMATIC INTERPRETATIONS

solo show with Sumit Mehndiratta

December 14th 2023 – February 10th 2024

ONLINE VIEWING

Worldwide

galerie bruno massa is thrilled to introduce to the worldwide audience some new artworks from Sumit Mehndiratta & his prominent series PRISMATIC INTERPRETATIONS.

The artist explores still life images, mostly with nature and plantation in his images while keeping in mind how he can invert them with his digital technique that he has experimented with over the years to manipulate hues of images that inspired him to take this journey.

His inspiration began through his fascination towards the colours found in plain sunlight. He uses the prism effect of sunlight as an analogy for seeing and interpreting things differently. The world being the plain sunlight and his process as a prism which results in manipulating these images washed in hues and colours of the rainbow. He captures the simplest, sometimes mundane images of landscapes/ and plants during travel or on a daily basis and edit them in patterns that best echo the way he wants to see them or bring it out. He manipulates images to bring out the extraordinary out of the ordinary which feels intuitive and personal to him.

Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion Marketing from Manchester Metropolitan University in UK. The artist enjoys making artworks from different mediums that please the mind and soul of the individual. Sumit works aren't restricted to one style or medium of work. His works range from generic mediums such as canvas and paper to experimental mediums like digital art, mixed media and wall sculptures. Sumit claims to have been experimental since childhood. Be it drawing, sketching, painting or photography, he always liked to do something no one has ever thought of, by adding his signature element to the task. To achieve this, Sumit creates his own painting tools to go with the techniques he thinks of. He also believes in impulsive acts of making art and its surprising results.

LA ART SHOW

February 14th – February 18th 2024

Los Angeles (USA)

with SCOTT TROXEL

MODERN + CONTEMPORARY

The Most Comprehensive International Contemporary Art Show in America !

galerie bruno massa is thrilled for its 5th participation to introduce the sculptor Scott Troxel with his series SMALL POPS at LA ART SHOW for a solo show in booth 1349 at Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. From an early age, Scott has been obsessed with modern art, color and design. He is a painter, sculptor and wall sculptor. Recently, a majority of his work has been in the form of wood mixed media wall sculpture because of the three dimensionnel medium process he does. He is always exploring materials and processes. Sometimes he uses repurposed and found materials and other times he purchases materials new. Scott Troxel predominately works with wood as my base medium, due to its strength, dimension and organic nature. The inherent texture of wood combined with paint and other man made materials allow me to explore the concepts of old and young, worn versus new, organic versus man-made and the past versus the present and future. He looks to capture a sense of time in my work and often combine the feeling of different eras within a single piece. He sees this as a direct parallel with human life, as we too grow older and interact with other generations, both younger and older. He is also particularly interested in items that were considered technologically or aesthetically advanced, only to be passed on by the consistency and tenacity of time. For example, an airplane boneyard where cutting edge fighter jets from the 60’s sit in forgotten decay. They are still beautiful to look at from a design standpoint, even though these are no longer modern in the sense that time and technology has passed them by. He is particularly inspired by mid-century modernism, where wood and organic shapes were combined with other materials to suggest a type of futurism, though now they are considered vintage. Time has passed on but these pieces remain in that context of when they were designed. He wants his works feel this way, somewhat nostalgic, aged and organic with the feeling that it could also be from a future time.

Lukisan 1, Jathilan, Woven Bamboo Horse Dance, series 1(2023)

Lukisan 1, Jathilan, Woven Bamboo Horse Dance, series 1(2023)