reviews and personal statements

It comes as no surprise to learn that Shobha Broota, one of India’s leading abstract painters, studied traditional Indian vocal music even before she studied art. Indian classical music relies on ready improvisation within a dense system of regulation and, perhaps most importantly, provides performer and listener alike an aural space of thorough [...] Read more

Aicon Gallery is proud to present Resonance, the first New York solo exhibition by New Delhi-based artist Shobha Broota. The current exhibition spans the past decade of the artist’s practice, and is comprised, in equal parts, of work in Broota’s two most iconic styles. First, her sublime and deceptively complex meditations in oil and acrylic on [...] Read more

This exposition affords a bird’s eye-view of the select works of Shobha Broota from the beginnings of her artistic career--early nineteen sixties, to the present moment. And, as it is with all persevering painters, her artistic profile over time is seen to become ever more inevitable, painstakingly honed to a razor fine. If then we were also to [...] Read more

Could one write about anyone’s inner experiences, their inspiration? As an ancient seer said: ‘no intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into written language those things which his reason has contemplated, especially not into a form that is unalterable – which must be the case with what is expressed in written symbols’. Absolutely, except [...] Read more

Nature, Color, Light, Play of Light, Subtle touch, Rain, Bubbles, Breeze, rightness, Depth, Warmth, Plants, Trees, Wind, Flowers, Freshness, Silence, Contrast, Subtle contrast, Optical, Strength, Spirals, Concentric form, Softness, Quietness, Peace, Glow, Design, Blend, Transformation, Space, Sky, Expanse, Void, Nothingness, Rhythm, Regularity, [...] Read more

Painting is a vocation which gives me total freedom but this freedom implies a lot of discipline, poise, focus, clarity and perseverance. The discipline of observation that started way back in childhood became a string connecting me to essentialism through realism. This link is the cornerstone of all my work. My work is geared towards silent [...] Read more