Shibu natesan biography sample

The photographic clarity of Natesan’s paintings at first alludes to a straightforward representation of the real. His canvases are filled with blocks of bright colour like the glossy pages of a magazine and distracting details are stripped down to the minimum. Indeed, the precision of his technique, combined with the appropriation of images gathered from popular culture, lulls the viewer into a sense of the familiar, the recognised and the emotionally detached.

However, Natesan injects his realism with a sense of irony, and often humour, seamlessly juxtaposing the everyday with unexpected symbols to unbalance the viewer’s initial perceptions.

Past works have included Lara Croft entrapped in barbed wire in Break Free and a wild cheetah climbing on a sports car in the urban landscape of Existence of Instinct I Such shock contrasts and encounters create strong metaphors, very much in the same vein as the German painter, Friedrich Casper David before him, to whom Natesan looks up to.

Shibu Natesan | Gallery Dotwalk JINU