The spirelike roofs of certain Hindu temples in South India are a dizzying pileup of hundreds of brightly painted carved figures. Most are of deities, but the ever-changing mix can also include politicians, movie idols and even an occasional Westerner of local renown. This blending of religion and pop culture is a constant in Indian art, and it is the impetus behind the work of Ravinder G. Reddy.
Mr. Reddy's painted and gilded fiberglass sculptures of women have been among of the most visible examples of contemporary South Asian art since they first made a splash in ''Traditions/Tensions'' at the Asia Society in 1996. For the artist's first New York solo, several examples have been installed at Deitch's hangerlike Wooster Street space, in a show that originated at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and appears in Manhattan as a joint project with Nature Morte New Delhi.
