It was in 1989 when Ravinder Reddy’s nude sculpture was placed for viewing at a railway station. It was one of the first public auctions in the country. A set of people were apprehensive and placed the sculpture in a secluded place meant only for art aficionados.
"But there was another set who urged that the sculptures be placed in public viewing. And when they interviewed, daily commuters like the fisherwomen, office-goers and dabbawalas, all said that the nude sculpture is looking like their mother," says the senior sculptor. In the decades that he’s put in the Indian art world, Reddy’s sculptures have been head turners, always be it his famous women heads or the nudes. And his latest exhibition at Vadehra Art Gallery, titled Soma’ showcases a chunk of his work as a sculptor, with sculptures dating back to 1982 to some of his recent figures.
