KYNKYNY

Contemporary Indian Art since 2004

KYNKYNY was founded in 2004 by the husband and wife duo Namu Kini and Vivek Radhakrishnan. With an aim to make the fascinating world of Indian art more accessible to the world, KYNKYNY supports emerging and established artists – offering a highly curated selection of original and authentic artworks. Since its inception, KYNKYNY has worked with over 300 artists from all over India and has shipped its art across the globe; from Dubai and Lithuania to Australia and Brazil.

CURRENT EXHIBITION

Two of a kind

The timeless works of Jasu Rawal

KYNKYNY’s latest online exhibition features the delightfully original and dreamlike art works of contemporary artist, Jasu Rawal, on view from June 22 to July 20. The astonishing abstract cosmos that the well-known contemporary artist carefully crafts is filled with everyday things. Kites, wine glasses, boats and houses, flow, fly and drift whimsically – weightless and free – utterly disregarding the principles of gravity. The laws of time and space seem quite irrelevant in Rawal’s surreal acrylics on canvas. Instead, the Bangalore-based artist animates his poetic, floating universe with radiant gradients and planes of colour and a mixture of shapes, symbols and patterns, as he transforms the objects of daily life into something exquisite and fantastical.

Rather than being viewed as static, disconnected frames, ‘Two of a Kind’ unfolds as an intriguing visual story. Pairs of paintings which are connected by theme, colour and tone are presented together, side by side. This coupling of art works heightens the viewing experience and showcases Rawal’s marvellous miniature worlds as part of a larger whole.

Heavily influenced by German artist Paul Klee, Rawal constructs mirage-like compositions that play with perception and reality and present a unique and personalised vision of landscapes and objects in his environment. His early experiments with figurative works soon gave way to a distinctive artistic vocabulary that mixes elements of abstraction and surrealism with highly unusual results: a regular still-life study, for instance, turns into a playful, shape-shifting landscape adrift in empty space or transparent fields of colour.

The techniques that Rawal, who hails from Kutch, Gujarat, incorporates are as unusual as the content of his works. A random selection of shapes and forms appear in a decluttered spatial arrangement. A unifying harmony is then created by using a particular colour in varying tones. In fact, colour is used as a powerful language of expression – the multihued palette of vivid and bold as well as soft and transculent tones stretches across the spectrum of intense orange-red, yellows, blues, blue-violets, greens, browns and grey. The minimalist art works are further layered with patterns of dots and lines, textures, and scripts that are juxtaposed with an assortment of daily objects.
‘Two of a Kind’ is both open-ended and expansive as well as small and intimate. It is recommended that you spend time and linger over them to experience their calming, meditative effect as well discover the intriguing minutiae.

Greenscape    |   Mixed Media on Canvasboard   |  10 X 10 each    |  ₹50,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR26

Greenscape    |   Mixed Media on Canvasboard   |  10 X 10 each    |  ₹50,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR26

Dreamscape    |   Mixed Media on Canvasboard   |  8 X 8 each    |  ₹40,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR30

Dreamscape    |   Mixed Media on Canvasboard   |  8 X 8 each    |  ₹40,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR30

Dreamscape    |   Mixed Media on Canvasboard   |  8 X 8 each    |  ₹40,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR27

Dreamscape    |   Mixed Media on Canvasboard   |  8 X 8 each    |  ₹40,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR27

Still life    |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  9 X 9 each    |  ₹45,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR23

Still life    |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  9 X 9 each    |  ₹45,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR23

Landscape   |   Mixed Media on Mountboard   |  8.5 X 8.5 each    |  ₹45,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR39

Landscape   |   Mixed Media on Mountboard   |  8.5 X 8.5 each    |  ₹45,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR39

Still life   |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  5 X 7 & 7 X 5 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR38

Still life   |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  5 X 7 & 7 X 5 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR38

Still life   |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  7 X 5 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR35

Still life   |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  7 X 5 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR35

Still life   |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  5 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR34

Still life   |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  5 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR34

Still life   |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  5 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR33

Still life   |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  5 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR33

Still life   |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  5 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR28

Still life   |   Acrylic on Mountboard   |  5 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR28

Still life   |   Mixed Media on Mountboard   |  6 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR24

Still life   |   Mixed Media on Mountboard   |  6 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR24

Still life   |   Mixed Media on Mountboard   |  5 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR22

Still life   |   Mixed Media on Mountboard   |  5 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR22

Landscape   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  9.5 X 13 each    |  ₹50,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR31

Landscape   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  9.5 X 13 each    |  ₹50,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR31

Landscape   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  8 X 10 each    |  ₹40,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR32

Landscape   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  8 X 10 each    |  ₹40,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR32

Still life   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  9.5 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR29

Still life   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  9.5 X 7 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR29

Landscape   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  9 X 6 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR25

Landscape   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  9 X 6 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR25

Landscape   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  9 X 6 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR36

Landscape   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  9 X 6 each    |  ₹35,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR36

Bookmark   |   Mixed Media on Paper   |  4 X 11 each    |  ₹30,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR21

Bookmark   |   Mixed Media on Paper   |  4 X 11 each    |  ₹30,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR21

Bookmark   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  4 X 11 each    |  ₹30,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR20

Bookmark   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  4 X 11 each    |  ₹30,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR20

Still life   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  8 X 5 each    |  ₹30,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR37

Still life   |   Acrylic on Paper   |  8 X 5 each    |  ₹30,000 (+12% GST for sales within India)  |   JSR37