Kaiko Moti Two Horses Original Etching Signed & Numbered Artwork

Description: BIO: Kaiko Moti (1921-1989) Born in Bombay, India in 1921, Moti began private design classes at age fourteen, and by eighteen had enrolled the Bombay School of Fine Arts. In 1946, Moti moved to London, England and continued his art studies at the Slade School of Art of the University College where he received his Masters Degree in painting and sculpture. Then, in 1950 he moved to Paris and attended the Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, studying sculpture under Ossip Zadkine. Lack of space in Paris was a challenge to Moti, so in 1952 he took up the art of engraving with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17, where he pioneered the technique of viscosity printing—a medium where he was able to truly express his creative sensibilities. When asked about his work, Moti once said, “For me, nature is a mirror that reflects beauty without forgetting that beauty is made up of moral values, dignity and love." His erudite understanding of tonality and serenity that he captures in both his landscapes and animal portraits allows us to imagine a world still unsullied by man—a world that feels lifetimes away. Even in his portraiture work, there is a timeless, ethereal quality to the image—an almost ghostly depiction—that transcends humanistic images to reveal the true essence of life. A tree is not a tree, the rock is not a rock; it is the spirit that animates the tree, it is the latent power in the rock. Moti’s work has been shown all over the world including the Biennale in Venice, the Festival of India exhibitions in the Indian consulate in New York and at Meridian House International in Washington D.C. as well as in public and private collections worldwide (including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; the French National Museum of Modern Art and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris). Moti died in Paris in 1989. Lublin Graphics, Inc. has had the distinction of exclusively publishing Moti's original etching and lithography over a period spanning from 1962 until his death in 1989. Lublin Graphics remains the premier purveyor of his works on paper. From their primitive depictions in the caves of Lascaux, to complex war paintings (such as Picasso’s “Guernica”), to the stunning equine photography of the 21st century, the Horse is one of the most enduring images in the history of art. Beyond their domestication and utilitarian uses in war and hunting, horses have also been mythologized, portrayed as majestic and possessing exceptional properties. These horses transcend the normal world by having wings (e.g. Pegasus from Greek mythology), or having horns (the unicorn). As a rare or distinguished symbol, the white horse often carries patron saints or the world savior in the end times, is associated with the sun or sun chariot, or bursts into existence in a fantastic way, emerging from the sea or a lightning bolt. In Hindu mythology, the legend states that the first horse emerged from the sea—one of the fourteen precious things that arose during the churning of the oceans, culminating with Dhanvantari, the physician of the gods, who brought with him the nectar of immortality. The horse was white and had two wings. It was known by the name of Uchchaihshravas. The legend continues that the Hindu God Indra took away the mythical horse to his celestial abode. Indra then presented the same horse to mankind, but severed the horse’s wings to ensure the horse remains on earth. Moti is no stranger to equine themed work, and has found much inspiration from the majesty and movement of the horse. In his series of equine etchings—“Two Horses,” “Cheval Tranquille,” “Cheval Dress” and “Cheval de Face,” Moti has captured the grace and power of this animal. Placing the horse alone in a space that is undefined—without time or geography that is seemingly both dappled in shadow and light—adds to the mystery of the origins of his muse. This timelessness allows these pieces to be both an ode to antiquity and a universal image that extends beyond cultural, religious and generational divides. The muted color pallet and fluid lines are a quintessential examples of Moti’s unique ability to make something as intricate and calculated as etching look as fluid and organic as a brush stroke—a mastery that should be celebrated in so much of his work, but is often overlooked by those who don’t understand the complexity of the medium he works in.

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