Show of new paintings by Bhavsar opens November 25

If Rembrandt or Velasquez was to visit us in 2008, we would have been in perplexity explaining to the great Spanish and Dutch masters our notions of art, - what with Damien Hirst's 'Shark' preserved in 'formaldehyde' selling for more than $ 10 million, and Andy Warhol's identical soup cans for even more - had it not been for shows such as 'RANG: Natvar Bhavsar' opening at Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Chelsea November. 25. It runs through December 27.

Bhavsar's paintings are in the tradition of great art through the ages. They are the opposite of the sensational. The roller-coaster of the art market might induce us to lose sight of the verities of art. 'RANG: Natvar Bhavsar' will restore the balance.

While the materials, techniques, subjects, styles, patrons, etc, of art have changed over the ages, it has remained unchanged in its essence - creativity. The purpose of art is not to reflect, reproduce, or insert objects from life into its field - but to rival nature and repeat on a human scale the infinite creativity of God.

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