Krishna Reddy (1925-2018), Two Fishes, 1957, 2024-118-29
Krishna Reddy: The Movement of Life
August 2 – December 8, 2025
Tour: Saturday, August 2 & Friday, August 15, 1:30-2:15pm
Workshop: Saturday, August 2, 2:30-3:30pm
Korman Galleries 221–223
Krishna Reddy was a key member of the influential printmaking studio Atelier 17 in Paris, where he helped develop color viscosity printing, a technique that expanded both the technical and expressive possibilities for rendering the natural world in print.
This exhibition, timed to coincide with the centenary of Reddy’s birth, explores his abstract images of seeds, flowers, insects, water, and the human figure. Dazzling feats of color and texture, Reddy’s color prints vibrate with the cosmic energy that, according to his personal philosophy, pulses through and connects all elements of nature. Celebrating the gift of 63 prints from the collection of Drs. Umesh and Sunanda Gaur to the PMA, Krishna Reddy: The Movement of Life articulates how Reddy’s iterative working process was an extension of his spiritual beliefs. As works of art, his prints were imbued with a life force of their own. By modifying an image over time—either by reworking his plates or printing in different color combinations—a single composition could be given a new life with each printing.
Join Heather Hughes and Christina Taylor for special tours on August 2 & 15! Learn how Reddy’s abstract images of plants, insects, water, and humans showcase his personal philosophy that a life force connects all elements of nature. The tours will also include a discussion of the artist’s experimental printmaking techniques, drawing attention to how he modified an image over time by reworking his plates and by printing in different color combinations. Visitors are encouraged to look closely and observe how a single composition is given a new life with each printing. Learn more and sign up here.
Also learn from nature during an outdoor workshop in the Sculpture Garden also on Saturday, August 2! Participants will explore the forms and structures of the natural world by experimenting with drawing and frottage techniques. Learn more and sign up here.
Don’t miss this vibrant tribute to one of the most innovative printmakers of the 20th century!
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