Heart - Mapin isbn: 8-185822-45-X (Mapin)
pages: 38, 39, 152, 265, 274, 274, 275

by Neville Tuli
However, the brilliance of an artist such as Ranbir Kalek, has progressed with the overwhelming motivation of knowing oneself, and the limits by which one can allow uncertainty a freedom before imposing a structure. A result is his ability to create an unexplainable unity from a sea of chaotic imagery. The erotic thread in his recent work paradoxically maintains the discipline amid the swirl of intense colouration and fantasy. Works such as Family-11 (oil, 1993) and Scroll with a Sculpture (oil, 1995) best manifest this inner cohesion which cannot help but doubt itself, taunt itself, glorify itself, and renew itself, simultaneously.

Neville Tuli is founder chairman of Osians auction house, he has studied, collected and documented Indian contemporary art, building up one of the world's largest archives.