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For Immediate Release

Pike Performing Arts Center                                                                           4 June 2010

PRESENTS “Formless Forms” A solo exhibition of paintings by Chitra Ramanathan

 GALLERY SEVEN at the PIKE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 6701 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, presents a collection of artwork by Chitra Ramanathan.  “Formless Forms” exhibit runs June 4 through July 13, 2010. 

Ramanathan’s predominately large-scale body of mixed-media paintings are characterized by intense colors and multiple layers of textures that interact with light to "challenge the boundaries of their two-dimensional surfaces." Inspired by short-lived garden blooms and cyclical seasons both of which the artist compares with the continually evolving, ephemeral, fleeting happiness of their "formless form.” Ramanathan coined this phrase to describe her concept. Hints of circles signify the human life-cycle, trying times followed by happy phases and of life and rebirth influenced by her roots in India. Her paintings on varied surfaces have been described as "tactile works that resonate with a quiet harmony" by Manhattan Arts International magazine.  Ramanathan recently returned from a residency with Camac Centre D’Art – Marnay Art Centre in France refreshing a pre-existing relationship with the region that was inspirational to her portrayal of the seasonal cycles of gardens.  Visit her blog here.

Gallery Seven is open free of charge Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Please call for an appointment at 317-216-5450.  More information about this artist is available at http://www.chitraramanathan.com/.

                                  Gallery Seven Press Release

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