Anil Revri

A Persian rug of the mind, Geometric Abstraction 6 is a remarkable portrayal of the psyche. Anil Revri's highly individualistic style plays with and investigates the complexities at the intersections of existence. The current work's simultaneous order and chaos recover a deeper spiritual understanding of oneself and one's connection to the universe.

'The rhythm of Revri's sacred space, however complex, is orderly, with traces of destruction and disorder – the vaporous gestures – reduced to a minimum and put in cosmological perspective, and thus given a place in the eternal transhistorical order.'

(D. Kuspit, Anil Revri: Faith and Liberation Through Abstraction, Anil Revri, Washington, D.C., 2011, p. 27)

The exacting matrices and juxtaposing patterns arrest the viewer, transporting them to a metaphysical space. In this aura of contemplation, Revri's uses abstraction to transcend genre and form. The white diamond at the center recedes within the concentric rectangles, away from the gray and black checkered border. This creates the impression that the paper is collapsing and pulling inwards. This meditative, geometric intention verifies the uncertainty of sight and the optical illusions present in the act of seeing.

'When I experience Revri's paintings, I give myself over to their space and time. The geometric grid with its deep perspective directs our attention from the outer edges of the painting into the peaceful center of the mandala where we come to rest as if in a daydream.'

(J. Rasmussen, Anil Revri: Faith and Liberation Through Abstraction, Anil Revri, Washington, D.C., 2011, p. 13)

Revri studied interior design at the Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai and graphic design at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, DC. He has held numerous solo exhibitions in the United States, India and Europe, and his works are in important collections around the world, for instance at the American University Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Phillips Collection and Library of Congress in Washington DC, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Oberai Hotel, New Delhi, Tata Sons Ltd., Mumbai and the Museum of Asian Art, Berlin.