Celebrating 85 years of RAZA
“Creators, they say, are ageless. Even as Raza steps into the 85th year of this life, the artist in him seems to have had a glimpse of the Eternal.”
Kunwar Pragy Arya, Director of Aryan Art Gallery.
The Alliance Française de Singapour, Aryan Art Gallery, and Team with Taste are proud to present world renowned painter, Syed Haider Raza’s first solo exhibition in Singapore, taking place at the SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Française de Singapour.
An eminent Indian artist, SH Raza has lived and worked in France since 1950, but maintains strong ties with his roots. His works are mainly abstracts in oil or acrylic, with very bold use of colours. He calls his work a “result of two parallel enquiries”, alluding to a ‘pure plastic order’ and the theme of nature. Both converge into a single point and become inseparable, known as the “Bindu” (the dot or the epicentre).
Raza takes on a formalist approach in his work, as well as the mystic aspects of Hindu philosophy. Raza was one of the founders of the Progressive Artist’s Group, along with K.H. Ara and F.N. Souza. He has participated in numerous exhibitions, including the Sao Paulo Biennale in 1958, the Biennale de Menton, in France in 1966, 1968 and in 1978, and Contemporary Indian Painting, at the Royal Academy in London, in 1982. He was conferred the Padma Shree Award by the President of India, in 1981.
21 February – 3 March 2007
Mon to Fri, 11am to 7pm; 27th Feb (Tue), 11am to 5pm, Sat, 11am to 5pm, and Sun, by appointments only
