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SOUTH ASIAN ART AT ART DUBAI 2022
Art Dubai has cemented itself as a platform for meaningful engagement with contemporary practices outside of Western art . This year , 100 galleries from more than 40 countries were presented across four gallery sections , including a particularly strong representation of Asian art . As art markets draw focus to the East , the fair continues to expand its position as a hub for Asian galleries and artists .
Stretching from Pakistan to Japan , the fair represented a multifaceted view of the Asian art scene , with subjects including land , labour , identity , and urban living , as well as works that focused on form and materials through abstract and geometric stylings .
Japanese artist Katsumi Hayakawa showed at Yusto / Giner . ( on right ) The artist uses meditative methods to produce paintings and cut-paper sculptures evoking urban landscapes . He carefully constructs objects suggesting skyscrapers and city grids , while the interaction of line and colour coalesce with the cubes to create complex and vibrant rhythms . The work portrays solitude in the modern city , investigating the relationship between what is natural and what is fabricated .
Katsumi Hayakawa Japan , 1970 , Time , 2021 Courtesy of Yusto / Giner Marbella / Madrid
Many works delved drew from the socio-political realities that shape the artist ’ s lived environments . Founded in 2009 in Kolkata , Experimenter represents some of the most critical contemporary artists worldwide and is considered to be a pace-setter for its region . At this year ’ s fair , the gallery showed work by Pune-based artist Prabhakar Pachpute , who often uses his lived experience of the coal mines of Maharashtra as a starting point for the complex historical transformations of the region . Pachpute combines portraiture and landscape with surrealist tropes to critically tackle issues around industry , land , and labour . Charcoal , a material he uses consistently in his work , links back to his mining heritage while also connecting to the broader themes in which he engages .( below )
Prabhakar Pachpute , Bodies in Protest , 2021 , Courtesy of Experimenter Kolkata , India
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