Indian View J
Indian View J
Signed Print
Howard Hodgkin
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58 x 78cm, Edition of 75, Screenprint
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This signed screenprint from 1971 is a rare, limited edition of 75 from Howard Hodgkin’s Indian Views series. The horizontal print shows an abstract representation. Within a black painted frame, that occupies most of the composition, Hodgkin painted a small glimpse of intense reds, oranges and yellow, that come together almost to remind of a sunset.
Indian View J is one of the most literal out of Hodgkin’s Indian series. Whereas for other prints he preferred to focus on very abstract patterns of colours, arranged together to provoke an emotional response in the viewer, here the artist seems to be almost too representational. The image, like the other prints in the series, captures Hodgkin’s sights as he travelled through India by train. In the catalogue to an exhibition for the British Council in 1976, Hodgkin recounted that the prints in Indian Views are “…among the most literally representational works that I have produced and in format influenced by the shape and proportion of aeroplane windows and the windows of old fashioned Indian trains. They depict horizons, fields, mountains, skies, the sea and also different times of day.”
British artist Howard Hodgkin was a luminary of abstraction. Representing Britain at the 1984 Venice Biennale, winning the Turner Prize in 1985, and knighted in 1992, Hodgkin established a legacy by pushing the boundaries of convention. Indian culture and painting heavily influenced the artist's work, infiltrating it most obviously in his bold colour choices. Evoking the bliss of exotic travels and past memories, Hodgkin's abstract representations provide an intimate insight into his world. The vibrancy of his palette and expression of the brushstrokes distinguished the artist from his contemporaries, seeing him gain international recognition.
