Fragile fragments
Blossom/bed
Park bench
Studio blues
Gandhi Park
Shadow lines
Suresh locates himself in the city by mapping the city's topography much like a cartographer.
His work is prompted by concerns related to the city and how one occupies it. His images seek Bangalore's local legacy and sensibility amidst an increasingly global sensibility here; reckless environmental change, attitudinal changes (from put-on accents to consumerism; a blind and exasperating "exoticization of the endemic"). In this process, he recollects his ancestry. It is an autobiographical search for his roots and identity. The visual artist locates himself in a hereditary community of farmers and horticulturists who played a significant role in developing Bangalore into a Garden City.
He is one of a new breed of artists speaking in a new vernacular visual language beyond the high modern classicism. Their eclectic strategies incorporate a new range of stances that are hybrid, plural, and pan-cultural. Functioning in this realm is an ongoing, but very productive, struggle for these artists. While they go against established representations, they also have to work within the contemporary contexts to support themselves. Thus, they write, curate, experiment with multimedia etc.
Suresh's efforts resonate with a global community of artists. The acknowledgements of, and accolades for, his work stand testimony to this. There is a passionate continuity in the artist's works from his early preoccupations and the recent fragile installations in public spaces.
The artist works to keep the urban organism breathing.
[Excerpted from: Chandra Shekhar Balachandran, Cultural Geographer, "The Artist as Homo ambiencis", Art & Deal, 2008...]
Suresh Jayaram's work is all about looking closely and with rough tenderness, at organic things. The innocence of direct participation in Nature may be completely lost for a city dweller; yet, the artist responds, in his own way, to the natural landscape that still survives around him. His urban sensibilities evolve a language of emotion and thought which registers the rupture and bond of nature. He leans low towards it, his chest filled with accepting warmth and questioning curiosity.
[Marta Jakimowicz-Karle, Art Critic, 1998]
My work has been closely connected to nature in an urban environment. I am concerned about its fragile ecosystem surviving amidst the global climb of the cyber city. It addresses issues that are here and now; it visually speaks about an artist's role in the dynamics of the city.
[Suresh Jayaram, Artist, Director of 1ShanthiRoad, "My City": Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore, 2001]
His work is prompted by concerns related to the city and how one occupies it. His images seek Bangalore's local legacy and sensibility amidst an increasingly global sensibility here; reckless environmental change, attitudinal changes (from put-on accents to consumerism; a blind and exasperating "exoticization of the endemic"). In this process, he recollects his ancestry. It is an autobiographical search for his roots and identity. The visual artist locates himself in a hereditary community of farmers and horticulturists who played a significant role in developing Bangalore into a Garden City.
He is one of a new breed of artists speaking in a new vernacular visual language beyond the high modern classicism. Their eclectic strategies incorporate a new range of stances that are hybrid, plural, and pan-cultural. Functioning in this realm is an ongoing, but very productive, struggle for these artists. While they go against established representations, they also have to work within the contemporary contexts to support themselves. Thus, they write, curate, experiment with multimedia etc.
Suresh's efforts resonate with a global community of artists. The acknowledgements of, and accolades for, his work stand testimony to this. There is a passionate continuity in the artist's works from his early preoccupations and the recent fragile installations in public spaces.
The artist works to keep the urban organism breathing.
[Excerpted from: Chandra Shekhar Balachandran, Cultural Geographer, "The Artist as Homo ambiencis", Art & Deal, 2008...]
Suresh Jayaram's work is all about looking closely and with rough tenderness, at organic things. The innocence of direct participation in Nature may be completely lost for a city dweller; yet, the artist responds, in his own way, to the natural landscape that still survives around him. His urban sensibilities evolve a language of emotion and thought which registers the rupture and bond of nature. He leans low towards it, his chest filled with accepting warmth and questioning curiosity.
[Marta Jakimowicz-Karle, Art Critic, 1998]
My work has been closely connected to nature in an urban environment. I am concerned about its fragile ecosystem surviving amidst the global climb of the cyber city. It addresses issues that are here and now; it visually speaks about an artist's role in the dynamics of the city.
[Suresh Jayaram, Artist, Director of 1ShanthiRoad, "My City": Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore, 2001]