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Never alone but together@The Noble Sage Art Gallery

11/ 8/2008

The Noble Sage will be hosting ‘Never alone but together, the longawaited exhibition of the sculptures and drawings of Gujarati artist, Ashok Patel.

The exhibition will begin its run with a special Central London preview at Shades & Wood Gallery in Kensington before moving to The Noble Sage Art Gallery for its official grand opening.

Ashok Patel ‘s art returns us to the spiritual core of India. It leaves aside religion and concentrates on the enhancement of the soul. This exhibition demonstrates Ashok’s continuing fascination with drawing and the translation of these creations into a sculptural form.

Today his draughtsmanship is the product of pure automatism. Ashok’s meditative state during his drawing is so deep and honed that he himself is often surprised as to how the drawings arise: ‘I let the energy perform. I am a mediator, a translator, Idon’t interfere. Between this pen and the energy I am a medium.’ As the artist says, his hand moves freely, creating outlines of shapes with his pencil.

His works are the product of a communion between himself and the inarticulate, the energy that surrounds him and that is him –and, indeed, is all of us too. In some works we see his joyful conversation with his Shakti, his soul’s inner guardian. In others it is his connection with his spiritual teachers that is explored.

With the subject of communion is the theme of circularity. The imagery within any Ashok work often has a line describing an endless energy flow from one body to another and back again. Such a concept of circularity clearly finds roots in Hindu philosophy of reincarnation and karma.

The ‘The Cosmos Flowering’ (2006) is a good example of some of the densely detailed masterpieces in the exhibition. It is breathtaking to view and one can see the sheer painstaking brilliance of the artist when armed with a 0.7 lead and a magnifying glass. Each tiny mark seems to bring the work alive so it feels as if we are viewing something otherworldly and magnificently beautiful.

Exhibition details;

Exhibition @ Shades & Wood Gallery (W8)

NEVER ALONE BUT TOGETHER – THE DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURES OF ASHOK PATEL (18th -24th August 2008) Exhibition catalogue available. Special Central London Preview: Wednesday 20th August 2008, 6.00-9.30pm, Venue: Shades & Wood Gallery, 77 Kensington Church Street, London, W8 4BG, (Nearest tubes: High Street Kensington & Notting Hill Gate)

Exhibition @ The Noble Sage (N2)

NEVER ALONE BUT TOGETHER – THE DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURES OF ASHOK PATEL (3rd – 28th September 2008) Exhibition catalogue available Grand Opening and Private View: Wednesday 3rd September 2008, 6.00-9.30pm, Venue: The Noble Sage Art Gallery, 2A Fortis Green, London N2 9EL, (Nearest tube: East Finchley)