“The flying kites in the sky will cast the weather reports - This time Meteorology Department at the edge of the cotton field has set its rooftop with no umbrellas and antennas. Instead, young kite flyers from the region have been hired for the job. They had been seen crowding around the office hours and threading kites from the rooftop. The work as a kite operator is not a lot. Nevertheless, if there is sudden turbulence, they hold the thread the entire day, gazing up every now and then, giving directions as per the changing hour wind. Above a few meters distance these thin flowing strings disappear against the sky that has the appearance of a deep blue ocean only to find it back, tied to a shaky dotted spot at the far distance. What is the weight of a kite? You mean the kite alone or the distance travelled by the string tied together?
Siegfried Contemporary is thrilled to announce Goutam Ghosh’ first solo show in the UK.
Goutam Ghosh was born in Nabadwip, India in 1979. He lives and works between Jharkhand, Bhuj and Kolkata, India, or wherever he may be in the desert.
His discipline translates influences from geology, mathematics, philosophy, and religion into painting and moving image. His process is invested in both the rational and alchemical, or magical, exchange of material and knowledge, and the transformative possibilities found in non-representational painting.
For the exhibition “weight of a Kite” the artist proposes a multi-disciplinary installation comprising paintings, sculpture, and moving image. The core theme is to celebrate the kite and its material narrative in interaction with the environment.
Goutam Ghosh has had recent solo exhibitions at Kunsthaus Hamburg; Standard Oslo; and Project 88, Mumbai. His work has been included in notable two-person and group exhibitions at Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany; David Zwirner Gallery, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; The Drawing Room, London; Renaissance Society, Chicago. Ghosh is a current fellow of the Visual Arts at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart.