GULAM RASOOL SANTOSH (INDIA, 1929–1997) OIL ON CANVAS UNTITLED (TANTRIC ABSTRACTION) 1987

THIS STRIKING ABSTRACT COMPOSITION EXEMPLIFIES GULAM RASOOL SANTOSH’S DISTINCTIVE TANTRIC VISUAL LANGUAGE, ROOTED IN SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND GEOMETRIC ORDER. THE PAINTING IS STRUCTURED AROUND A CENTRAL, TOTEMIC FORM COMPOSED OF INTERLOCKING SHAPES—LOTUS MOTIFS, TRIANGLES, SQUARES, AND CIRCULAR ELEMENTS—EACH CHARGED WITH METAPHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE. RICH, RESONANT HUES OF ORANGE, OCHRE, RED, AND GREEN CREATE A LUMINOUS FIELD THAT ENHANCES THE WORK’S MEDITATIVE AND SACRED QUALITY. THE CAREFUL BALANCE OF SYMMETRY AND COLOUR EVOKES A SENSE OF INNER HARMONY AND COSMIC ALIGNMENT. THIS WORK REFLECTS SANTOSH’S PHILOSOPHICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH TANTRIC THOUGHT, WHERE PAINTING BECOMES A VEHICLE FOR CONTEMPLATION, TRANSCENDENCE, AND THE VISUAL EXPRESSION OF THE INNER SELF

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