Trilogy
Down the centuries has come to us one of the most exquisite and beautiful traditions in art: the expressions of the presence of the Divine. Artists have grappled with this across the world in various ages and places bringing into artistic materiality the ephemeral nuances of such a sublime belief. Various religions have tried in their own ways to bring into color and sound what was missing in physicality.
Nine Fish brings into its gallery the Christian strains of Divine Art through the works of two outstanding contemporary artists, Milburn Cherian and Paul B. Both have distinct styles and forms and their works speak volumes for themselves. Cherian is well known in the international circuits for the sheer complexity and skill of her canvases. To first encounter them is to be transported into a fantastical world of possibilities wherein "we are simulated simultaneously to exercise our own emotional, visual, structuring functions" as Carmel Berkson so insightfully points out.
Paul B on the other hand, draws deeply and sensitively from the tremendous Byzantine tradition and makes his art all of his own. Nuanced with a sense of contemporariness without losing the sense of the longer tradition, they dazzle and engage viewers with their colors and delicate lines, entranced with the use of gold leafing, archival paper, wood, glass .Paul's works are part of the permanent collections of many private collectors world wide as well as that of "The Museum of Sacred Art" in Brussels.
By Gourmoni Das