Kalyan S Rathore was born in Bangalore in 1970. He is a Science Graduate and his initial training was in industrial design where he learnt the various methods of production, design, structural integrity of materials and first hand shop-floor manufacturing.
His inspiration for his art comes from Biology and Geometry. Geometry is a medium that gives him the freedom to express. He creates prototypes in paper by cutting and folding before the actual production ensuring that he has the detailing in place.
He has received the Facebook India Award, holds a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest sculpture using photographs and has a CNN certificate for a video contribution.
He attributes the Guinness World Record achievement to an ingenious design breakthrough that was inspired by nature. His art has been commissioned in India, Singapore, Canada and Switzerland.
He says “As turn of events would have it, I was drawn towards creating sculptural forms around the year 2002. With seemingly unrelated experiences and interests. Connecting the dots of all my past experiences I began exploring forms in nature through the eyes of an engineer. It fascinated me that mathematical algorithms existed in various aspects of nature as did principles of engineering… I began to see a picture now. In creating sculptures, I sought to discover these congruencies.
The various animal forms I created brought me on a path of discovery of evolution; the similarities and differences among species and the human perception of it…”
Reality is warped. Straight lines are straight only under the frame of reference we choose to adhere to. Mass is the summation of energy and energy is an equally distorted idea too. We are left with no friendly concepts in science when quantum physics walks into the room.
The more we explore the more we push the wrinkles of uncertainty around the corner. This is not just a metaphorical position, but on that rings true in the scientific communities as well.
The ‘BEND’ series is my ode to the world of distortion. Distortion by design and Design by repetitions. Mutations that are born out of repetition and change.
Perhaps the key to chaos is in order. Can this order be harnessed and explained? The answers may lie in nature. Where nature chooses Geometry as a guiding template to render herself. I seek to find the common elements in every form; from Atom to Universe. In flora and fauna this seeming waywardness is apparent.
On deeper inspection, strict mathematical principles seem to govern the recipe for growth, structure and aesthetics. Geometry it appears is the solution nature turns to in order to negotiate and resolve the need for resources.
The sculptor in me wants to pin down a ‘minimum fundamental form’ that applies itself by replicating and changing at the same time.
Kalyan S Rathore - Unconditional – Life as it should be (2018), 46 x 21 x 34cm, Stainless
Kalyan S Rathore - Efflorescence – DNA of Form (2018), 100 x 87 x 113cm, Mild Steel & Stainless
Kalyan S Rathore - Evanescent (2018), 39 x 47 x 45cm, Titanium Steel & Brass
Kalyan S Rathore - Efflorescence – DNA of Form (2018), 100 x 87 x 113cm, Mild Steel & Stainless
Kalyan S Rathore - Swirl – Ordered Deviation (2018), 43 x 30 x 36cm, Titanium Steel