Gifted with expertise in multiple mediums and styles, he has produced artworks encompassing oil on canvas, acrylic and oil on canvas, archival print on brushed silver metal laminate, mixed media on linen pasted on canvas, photography, digital print, and bronze sculpture.
Appreciating Riyas Komu's artwork often requires deep understanding of contextual background. For example, he has installed statues of Indian thinker and politician B. R. Ambedker, who is often regarded as the father of Indian constitution, in Nirox Cultural Park in South Africa. The multiple statues of Ambedker in varying heights in that work are suggestive of division and hierarchy in the society, which has hindered both countries progress. The artwork tries to relate India and South Africa and their struggle for independence and social justice as well as common societal goals of both people. Read Less
Riyas Komu
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Motivated by political activism, Riyas Komu's intent in art is to expose socio-economic ambiguities that persist in Indian society and elsewhere. Komu's works represent strength, boldness, and voice for social justice as in his own words, "Social action has power."
« If you save art, art will save you »
– Riyas Komu
« If you save art, art will save you »
– Riyas Komu
Gifted with expertise in multiple mediums and styles, he has produced artworks encompassing oil on canvas, acrylic and oil on canvas, archival print on brushed silver metal laminate, mixed media on linen pasted on canvas, photography, digital print, and bronze sculpture.
Appreciating Riyas Komu's artwork often requires deep understanding of contextual background. For example, he has installed statues of Indian thinker and politician B. R. Ambedker, who is often regarded as the father of Indian constitution, in Nirox Cultural Park in South Africa. The multiple statues of Ambedker in varying heights in that work are suggestive of division and hierarchy in the society, which has hindered both countries progress. The artwork tries to relate India and South Africa and their struggle Read More
Appreciating Riyas Komu's artwork often requires deep understanding of contextual background. For example, he has installed statues of Indian thinker and politician B. R. Ambedker, who is often regarded as the father of Indian constitution, in Nirox Cultural Park in South Africa. The multiple statues of Ambedker in varying heights in that work are suggestive of division and hierarchy in the society, which has hindered both countries progress. The artwork tries to relate India and South Africa and their struggle Read More
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Riyas Komu
Last Landscape 1, 2008
Painting
Oil On Canvas
USD 53,750
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Artwork by Roger Raveel
What is new figuration?
A collective term that refers to rejuvenation of figurative art in America and Europe in the year 1960 following an abstraction-dominated period. Michel Ragon, a French art critic argued that revival of figuration took place during a critical period of social and political turbulence in America and Europe.
Anish Kapoor
Moiré 4,2015
Limited Edition Print
Etching
EUR 6,500
Anish Kapoor
Breathing Blue,2020
Limited Edition Print
Digital Print on paper
GBP 5,400
Anish Kapoor
Untitled,2014
Limited Edition Print
Etching
GBP 5,400
Sonia Delaunay
Gravure I,1970
Limited Edition Print
Etching
USD 2,500
Sonia Delaunay
Totem,1970
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
EUR 4,850
Sonia Delaunay
Carrés Magique,c. 1980
Tapestry
Tapestry
EUR 11,000
Albert Ràfols-Casamada
Estiu-5, 1988
Limited Edition Print
Etching
EUR 450
Albert Ràfols-Casamada
Estiu-4, 1988
Limited Edition Print
Etching
EUR 450
Albert Ràfols-Casamada
Ocells-2 , 1993
Limited Edition Print
Etching
EUR 650
Albert Ràfols-Casamada
Gran-5, 2002
Limited Edition Print
Etching
EUR 700
