L.N. TALLUR
L. N. Tallur (b.1971) received a BFA in Painting from Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (1996), a MFA in Museology from Maharaja Sayyajirao University (1998), and a MA in in Contemporary Fine Art Practice from Leeds Metropolitan University (2002).
Tallur uses sculpture, wall pieces, interactive work, and site-specific installations to expose the absurdities of everyday life and the anxieties that characterize contemporary society. His work incorporates handmade craftsmanship, found objects, organic and industrial material; symbols of developing India, oftentimes creating a correlation between traditional and contemporary customs.
Tallur’s impressive sculptures and installations have been exhibited internationally, including at solo exhibitions in Germany, South Korea, India, China, and the United States. Selected group exhibitions include The Idea of the Acrobat, Bikaner House, New Delhi (2020); The Sculpture Park at Madhavendra Palace (2018, 2017); India and the World: History in Nine Stories, CSMVS Museum, Mumbai and National Museum, New Delhi (2017); Constructs/Constructions, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (2015), After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary India 1947/1997, Queens Museum, New York (2015); The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7), Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (2012); Critical Mass: Contemporary Art from India, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel (2011); Meditation: Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum, Taiwan (2011); The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, Saatchi Gallery, UK (2010) and La Route de la Soir, Tri Postal, France (2010).
About The Work
Courtesy of Nature Morte, India
With his most recent works, Tallur reveals his interest in on-going developments in computer science, with special regard to Artificial Intelligence. As is his customary style, Tallur starts with traditional Asian sculptures and transforms them into contemporary avatars. Beginning with the original visuals of these sculptures, he expands their meanings into unexpected territories. Subjects such as human physiology, religious mythology, moral and ethical dilemmas, and how they interface with computer science occupy the artist's mind. “Recurrent Neural Network” is the artist’s self-portrait, crafted of layered stones in a variety of colors and finding its formal origins in traditional temple oil lamps.