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ArchiveG.R. Iranna makes paintings and sculptures that often point a seemingly existential viewpoint. The art historian Donald Kuspit has written: “In what is clearly a tour de force of protest art, a masterpiece of social commentary, Iranna shows us the human truth of our times, shows us how far man has fallen: abject and anonymous, stripped naked and emasculated, his figures squat submissively, like dogs waiting to spring up and do their master’s bidding.
They are lined up in rows, and—the crowning touch, brilliantly simple—their heads are shrouded in plastic, effectively muffling, even suffocating them: they dare not speak out, dare not protest their servitude, dare not stand head held high and proud.” Yet as Kuspit goes on to point out the figures in Iranna’s oeuvre often have a detached beauty or tranquil sacredness that points to another reality.
 G. R. Iranna, ‘Untitled (Thumbs Up)’, Mixed media on paper , 96.5 x 131 cm, 2007. |
