Arunkumar H G
Arunkumar HG
In the Making of Himself
Upcycled industrial scrap wood, steel
126" x 34" x 42"
2021
In the Making of Himself
Humanity's technological achievement has reached an unprecedented height in recent times. But, at the same time, so much technical achievement and wisdom have done enough damage to the earth's ecology that it is irreversible. Today, most know that entire living being are on the verge of becoming extinct. This is because humankind has put itself in the centre of everything and did it all for itself. No other living being has ever caused so much harm on earth. Long ago, the wisdom of many religious philosophies like Jain, Buddhism practised a nature-friendly way of life and non-attachment approach to life. But, unfortunately, humankind's technological trip has cost the most natural resources of the earth, like pristine forest heritage.
Location: Lawns of the Children’s Museum, CSMVS
Arunkumar HG
Nature of SARA.
Upcycled industrial scrap wood, found materials from nature, farm produce and digital printing.
6 hinged panels of size 64" x 34" x 3” | expanded 162”
2021
Nature of SARA
The farmers are the primary guardians of the local ecology, and they are the keepers of the local knowledge system. Local knowledge is passed on through many generations and is kept through everyday practice, hardly tangible to preserve it all otherwise. They knew how to manage soil fertility, seed diversity, and local bio-diversity until the industrial farming system slowly replaced it. SARA Centre, co-founded by farmers artists, is a platform to exchange ideas on the local knowledge system and sustainable alternatives with the changing scenarios.
Location: Gallery MMB, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
His choice of medium (re-used and re-cycled goods), and consequently, the execution of such concern[s] reflects a negotiation between suburban life and a longing to return to his rural roots. The farmer takes on the role of the protagonist and also becomes the subject to assert the integral role s/he plays in the preservation of environmental bio-diversity.
Arunkumar’s solo shows include: CON-struction, Gallery Espace, New Delhi [2018]; In-site, Aicon Gallery, New York [2018]; Seed of Reckoning, Mumbai Art Room [2012]; Tract, Nature Morte, New Delhi [2010]; Feed, Nature Morte in New Delhi and Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai [2006]. He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions in India and abroad, and particpated in numerous artist residencies. In 2014, he set up the Centre for Knowledge and Environment (www.saracentre.org) in the Western Ghats region of Karnataka, India.
More information: Arunkumar HG
In the Making of Himself
Upcycled industrial scrap wood, steel
126" x 34" x 42"
2021
In the Making of Himself
Humanity's technological achievement has reached an unprecedented height in recent times. But, at the same time, so much technical achievement and wisdom have done enough damage to the earth's ecology that it is irreversible. Today, most know that entire living being are on the verge of becoming extinct. This is because humankind has put itself in the centre of everything and did it all for itself. No other living being has ever caused so much harm on earth. Long ago, the wisdom of many religious philosophies like Jain, Buddhism practised a nature-friendly way of life and non-attachment approach to life. But, unfortunately, humankind's technological trip has cost the most natural resources of the earth, like pristine forest heritage.
Location: Lawns of the Children’s Museum, CSMVS
Arunkumar HG
Nature of SARA.
Upcycled industrial scrap wood, found materials from nature, farm produce and digital printing.
6 hinged panels of size 64" x 34" x 3” | expanded 162”
2021
Nature of SARA
The farmers are the primary guardians of the local ecology, and they are the keepers of the local knowledge system. Local knowledge is passed on through many generations and is kept through everyday practice, hardly tangible to preserve it all otherwise. They knew how to manage soil fertility, seed diversity, and local bio-diversity until the industrial farming system slowly replaced it. SARA Centre, co-founded by farmers artists, is a platform to exchange ideas on the local knowledge system and sustainable alternatives with the changing scenarios.
Location: Gallery MMB, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
About the Arunkumar H G:
Arunkumar’s sustained artistic investigation into a diversity of ecological concerns brings forth disharmonies, which are created by rampant consumerist culture. This spread is in inverse proportion to the great decline of natural resources and habitats. With each work, Arunkumar brings in his own local, historical and cultural milieu. The work becomes a generative rather than a conclusive commentary of his concerns regarding the environment at large.
His choice of medium (re-used and re-cycled goods), and consequently, the execution of such concern[s] reflects a negotiation between suburban life and a longing to return to his rural roots. The farmer takes on the role of the protagonist and also becomes the subject to assert the integral role s/he plays in the preservation of environmental bio-diversity.
Arunkumar’s solo shows include: CON-struction, Gallery Espace, New Delhi [2018]; In-site, Aicon Gallery, New York [2018]; Seed of Reckoning, Mumbai Art Room [2012]; Tract, Nature Morte, New Delhi [2010]; Feed, Nature Morte in New Delhi and Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai [2006]. He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions in India and abroad, and particpated in numerous artist residencies. In 2014, he set up the Centre for Knowledge and Environment (www.saracentre.org) in the Western Ghats region of Karnataka, India.
More information: Arunkumar HG