
Priya Singh
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Property from a private collection, UK.
Acquired from the artist.
Mohanti came to Leeds, UK in 1960 to study as a town planner. It was here that he concentrated on painting using bright colours, as a way to counteract the greyness of the city, and his room. Untitled (Red) illustrates how brightness became central to his oeuvre. Despite being painted nearly 40 years after he arrived in the UK, it exemplifies his style. The concentric circles, painted in shades of cool blues and vivid reds, with a central yellow light resemble the sun and is almost blinding in its intensity. He held his first public exhibition in 1964 at the Wakefield City Art Gallery in Yorkshire, where he showcased his works alongside 10 other others. Wakefield Council's purchases of Composition and Floral Theme around this time mark the first acquisitions of his work by a UK institution.