Mehlli Gobhai (Indian, 1931-2018) Abstraction

Oil on canvas. Signed 'Mehlli' and dated '1979' on reverse.

10 x 10 in.

Artist Bio
Mehlli Gobhai (Indian, 1931-2018)
Mehlli Gobhai was one of the foremost abstractionist artists in India. For Gohnai, the act of paintingin series goes beyond repetition, and assumes the aspect of renewal. His paintings record the dialogue between the spare line and burnished field. Surface and structure are important in his works. The surface is always a base for the creation of a tactile sensuousness his paintings feel and look like either an aged scrap of leather, an old parchment, a metal sheet, or the rind of a fruit. Structure on the other hand, is cut down, or refined to the point of virtual non-existence. Straight and stark lines cut across the painting, depicting the most essential, and according to Gobhai, the only necessary part of the human body – the axis. They define and organize his paintings for him.

No in-paint or restoration.