Rather than focusing on rote classroom learning, Mr. Tagore advocated free-form study conducted in outdoor settings. Art and science were in balance; in addition to painting and sculpture, Mr. Reddy studied botany and biology, pursuits that would do much to produce the organic imagery of his later art. “Sculpture is my love,” Mr. Reddy once said. And in Paris he began to apply sculptural techniques to printing, transforming metal plates into the equivalent of relief sculptures. Collaborating with Mr. Hayter and a fellow Indian artist, Kaiko Moti, Mr. Reddy developed a printing method based on the use of colored inks of varying viscosities to produce complex images from a single plate.

Source: New York Times August 31, 2018 23:15 UTC