Ravinder Reddy

Ravinder Reddy (b. 1956, Andhra Pradesh, India) has established himself as one of the leading figures in contemporary sculpture in South Asia.
Trained at the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda, he has developed a singular, unmistakable body of work, marked by the creation of monumental busts, painted in vivid colors and blending references to Hindu iconographic traditions, popular culture and religious art.
Through these stylized, hieratic and solemn female figures, Reddy sharply questions notions of beauty, identity and representation in contemporary Indian society.
The ordinary woman, transfigured by her golden finery, thus acquires the dignity of a timeless idol.
His work, which combines ancestral know-how with a critical eye on modernity, has been exhibited in many leading international institutions, including the Mori Art Museum (Tokyo), the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.