A Reading Path Down a Rabbit Hole: N.S. Harsha

Here are curated, in-depth interviews with and profiles of the South Indian contemporary artist N.S. Harsha.

Studio International

One of my friends said that he saw the monkey painting (Raha Dikhanaywalay Thay Hai Rahengay (Path Showers Were/Are/Will Be There), 2013) and he drew a relation to the Indonesian temples in Bali where hundreds of monkeys have been carved. I haven’t seen them, but now I may go there because of that conversation, and I think that is beautiful.

The first figure that I draw will be somewhere in the centre – I won’t start from the top left – and that starts influencing the next figure.

When you pull an image out as a panoramic view, it gets very beautiful – there are so many other things that are happening. And it also helps me to be flat, as we discussed earlier. There’s a sense of flatness to it that gives me great comfort.