PJ Laha
Current Exhibition & UPDATES
COMING SOON
CONtact: pjart28@gmail.com
STATEMENT
I explore and study the abstract visual mystery of physical sciences that overlaps with the real-world existential struggle of life (hunger, life and denial of the basics). I am engaged in the conceptual derivation of material science through the visual symbolism of art. My narrative quotes act as an observation that depicts the fundamental basics of love, desire & existence – the quest of who we are and why are we here? I am interested to find the origin from the infinite, the projected reverse to the gravity, working opposite to the driving force that dictates how we should exist. Functional complexities and the existential basics are expressed through the substrates used in my art where all objects are put together from rejected, used or thrown away materials which is considered ugly, trash or something to be useless in our societal classification of sophistication. Color and tone modify the physical presentation to an extent keeping the core to its rustic-primordial form that makes the composition symbolic. My work is a metaphysical example of an energy outburst in a compressed space and time with various elements representing the triumph of good over evil.
Mixed Media on Found Objects
Layered Works
Modernity
Dimensions:18"X 28"
Concept: Survivalism
Year: 2024
bio-degrade-able
Dimensions: 40" X 80" X 24"
Concept: Life & Existence
Year: 2020
resistence
Dimensions: 22' X 30"
Concept: Friction & Fraction
Year: 2024
tied to the thread
Dimensions: 60" X 120" X 24"
Concept: Lineage
Year: 2015
BIO
PJ Laha is a self taught artist working metaphysically with the idea of physics and mathematics through arts. The transition of the interdisciplinary expression covering science and art occurred through a period of involvement in figurative expression and study of abstract fragmentation in art. Laha has shown his work in India, Limassol (Neme Contemporary Arts Center, Cyprus), New York and Los Angeles. He has garnered several national and International-level awards, including one from the president and the vice president of India in fine art. He has been instructor of fine arts in a joint project with Museum of Fine Arts (Houston) and City of Houston (1996), has lectured at Rice University (2003) and has taken part in various art and humanities symposia. Laha is a member of American Arts and Science Collaboration, New York Artists Equity (selected) & International Association of Word and Image Studies. Laha has been invited to present lectures at NorSIS Conference (Vaxjo University, Sweden), Art and Humanities Conference (Carthage University, Tunisia), Art in Societies (Scotland), Humanities and Arts (Hawaii, US) among others.
installation
Site specific & Thematic Installations using Mixed Media on Found Objects.
contact
PJART28@gmail.com
