I developed a penchant for BLACK while I grew up at Tatanagar, an industrial town in Jharkhand, watching the incessant industrial activities – the processing of iron and steel, iron dumping and soot surrounding the city. The mysterious, lustrous and powerful character of black had a deep impact on me that I continue to express through my works. The binary of black & white and the basic principles of geometry & functional mathematics excite me greatly and I try to explore these in a minimal manner in drawings, paintings and installations. Through my practice I make queries ...