The Golden Eye
HIMS Academy @ Schloss Eyrichshof
From November 4-7, 2021, HIMS Academy showed a small selection of paintings by Ratnadeep Gopal Adivrekar, an acclaimed artist from India.
Ratnadeep, born in 1974, Mumbai India, has already exhibited all over the world and several times in Germany. His artworks have been placed in several prestigious private and public collections, nationally as well as internationally.
The artist works and lives between Mumbai, Dubai, and Berlin.
Ratnadeep’s series, “The Golden Ear,” is based on the German composer Richard Wagner and especially his epic opera, “The Ring of the Nibelung.” The works revolve around Ratnadeep’s philosophical interpretation, particularly connecting the Indian-global mythological context with contemporary times.
Wagner’s opera “The Ring,” written in 1874, is based on Germanic mythology and offers many opportunities for visual spectacle with its mermaids, winged horses, giants and dragons, magical flames and massive stage sets. Ratnadeep, who is the viewer in this case, reads this opera from his own socio-cultural perspective, drawing references to Indian culture, history, politics and ancient Indian philosophies.
[…] Ratnadeep retells the stories of this mythical adventure and karma. This juxtaposition of opera and art was done in close collaboration with the artist to bring out the relationships between his works, and in particular to emphasize the search for parallels between Wagner’s opera Der Ring and the Mahabharata. The cross-cultural blend is a step in that it transfers the visual sensuality of the artist’s indigenous experience with the popular Konkan dance-ritual drama “Dashavtar” into a dimension where bodily sensations are directly addressed spatially.
Missing Landscapes, Exhibition at Schloss Tambach
Paintings by Michael Luther, installations by Nikolaus Koliusis
From September 26, 2021 to October 30, 2021
Links to the artists:
Michael Luther: http://michael-luther.net
Nikolaus Koliusis: https://www.koliusis.de/