Krishna Reddy

Krishna Reddy was a key member of the influential printmaking studio Atelier 17 in Paris, where he helped develop color viscosity printing, a technique that expanded both the technical and expressive possibilities for rendering the natural world in print.

This exhibition, timed to coincide with the centenary of Reddy’s birth, explores his abstract images of seeds, flowers, insects, water, and the human figure. Dazzling feats of color and texture, Reddy’s color prints vibrate with the cosmic energy that, according to his personal philosophy, pulses through and connects all elements of nature. Celebrating the gift of 63 prints from the collection of Drs. Umesh and Sunanda Gaur to the PMA, Krishna Reddy: The Movement of Life articulates how Reddy’s iterative working process was an extension of his spiritual beliefs. As works of art, his prints were imbued with a life force of their own. By modifying an image over time—either by reworking his plates or printing in different color combinations—a single composition could be given a new life with each printing.