G.R. Iranna
G.R. Iranna is a contemporary Indian artist known for his quasi-abstract works. Iranna endeavors to translate an internal landscape onto tactile surfaces - showing in his work an evolved appreciation of religious poetry, myth, and spiritual quests.
Keen on reinvention, his shift in style and medium observed in his current works are symbolic and characteristic of an artist constantly evolving with the time, breaking away from his own mold and reforming his works to capture the zeitgeist of the times. While there's still a repetition of motifs that can be perceived in his canvases, especially the figures that appeared in his earlier works, it is now less figurative and leaning more towards the form.
Iranna has had at least 16 solo shows and over 50 group shows through the years, including the 58th Venice Biennale - May You Live In Interesting Times in 2019.
His work is part of the collections at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; and the Singapore Art Museum among others.