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Becoming into being: Sohan Qadri

Becoming into being: Sohan Qadri by: Prabuddha Ghosh "That is the geometry of verticality and horizontality, they're important in visual images: I'm a vertical because the spine is vertical, samsara is horizontal; if we become oblique it's psychedelic. That creates sensation not silence. Some of my paintings have the power to break down your sensational expectation because they don't offer you anything to stand on, they have the power to break down your chattering mind, then you fall into silence. That's what my paintings try to do, because in silence we are the same. The moment we talk, we start differing." ... About His conception and philosophy of works, Sohan Qadri once said. Sohan Qadri merged nonfigurative painting with Eastern philosophy in his lush works on paper later on canvas. Qadri left India in 1965 to travel through Africa, Europe, and North America. He began painting colorful, abstract canvases while briefly living in Zurich. F...