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ANISH KAPOOR. Ravinder Reddy. Ravinder Reddy Ravinder Reddy was born in Suryapet village, Andhra Pradesh in 1956.

Ravinder Reddy

He did his B.A. and M.A. in sculpture at M.S. University, Baroda (1975-82), the later period of which saw his body and clothe is impressions influenced by Pop Art and simplified, smoothly bulging shapes of a fluid vegetal, animal and human character playfully suging a surge of life forces. These were followed by high relieves and all round sculptures depicting contemporary city girls interpreted in warm humor through al sions to Mathura yakshis. Sakshi Gupta. Born 1979 in New Delhi, India Lives and works in New Delhi, India Sakshi Gupta recycles scrap materials, often with industrial origins to produce sculptures that transform the meaning of the materials and provoke spiritual contemplation.

Sakshi Gupta

Out of the a heavy materiality the formsthat she creates evoke an ephemeral lightness and fragility. and tThrough this engagement with material weight, her works can be seen as commentary on the contemporary world – highlighting the shift from the economics of heavy industry to the weightless age of the information and technology. The spectacular sculpture, Some Beasts, 2008, uses rusty iron to create the form of a suspended ceiling fan that itself resembles a writhing beast, in the process of moulting and shrugging off its skin which cascades to the floor. The artist also draws heavily on her ownpersonal experience. Rebecca Morrild. Hema Upadhyay. Hema Upadhyay (born 1972 in Baroda, India) is an Indian artist who has lived and worked in Mumbai, India since 1998.

Hema Upadhyay

She uses photography and sculptural installations to explore notions of dislocation and nostalgia. Early works[edit] Sweet Sweat Memories[edit]