Sudarshan Shetty

'''Flying Bus (2012)'''

'''Flying Bus (2012)'''

Installed on the grounds of Maker Maxity in Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai the Flying Bus is a replica of a 1970s double-decker bus with two stainless steel wings attached on either side. The bus is positioned as if poised to take off.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sorabjee |first=Deepika |url=http://travel.cnn.com/mumbai/play/flying-bus-772350 |title=Sudarshan Shetty, Flying Bus &#124; CNN Travel |publisher=Travel.cnn.com |date=2012-01-30 |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref> The work draws on themes of immigration, transit and living on the edge. A plaque beside the Bus states “Sometimes when we travel we forget who we are," The Flying Bus is arguably India's most significant public art project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/mumbai-based-artist-sudarshan-shetty-demonstrates-his-sense-of-play#ixzz2gYT1yezK |title=Mumbai-based artist Sudarshan Shetty demonstrates his sense of play &#124; The National |publisher=Thenational.ae |date=2012-03-27 |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref>

Installed on the grounds of Maker Maxity in Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai the Flying Bus, is a replica of a 1970s double-decker bus with two stainless steel wings attached on either side. The bus is positioned as if poised to take off.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sorabjee |first=Deepika |url=http://travel.cnn.com/mumbai/play/flying-bus-772350 |title=Sudarshan Shetty, Flying Bus &#124; CNN Travel |publisher=Travel.cnn.com |date=2012-01-30 |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref> The work draws on themes of immigration, transit and living on the edge. A plaque beside the Bus states, “Sometimes when we travel we forget who we are." The Flying Bus is arguably India's most significant public art project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/mumbai-based-artist-sudarshan-shetty-demonstrates-his-sense-of-play#ixzz2gYT1yezK |title=Mumbai-based artist Sudarshan Shetty demonstrates his sense of play &#124; The National |publisher=Thenational.ae |date=2012-03-27 |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref>

'''the pieces earth took away, (2012)'''

'''The pieces earth took away, (2012)'''

Shetty appropriates the notion of tradition and pairs it with recurrent themes in his practice-that of artifice or fabulation, to create five-part installation to the act of mourning.<ref>Garcia-Anton, Katya – A letter to Sudarshan Shetty – 2 Take on Art Magazine, Issue 10 February 2013</ref>

Shetty appropriates the notion of tradition and pairs it with recurrent themes in his practice of artifice or fabulation, to create a five-part installation on the act of mourning.<ref>Garcia-Anton, Katya – A letter to Sudarshan Shetty – 2 Take on Art Magazine, Issue 10 February 2013</ref>

The work in the show bears references to the thirteen days of mourning in Hindu Rituals as well heightens the contrast between the eternal cycle of reincarnation and the linear ephemerality of a domestic experience.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artforum.com/inprint/id=38266 |title=Sabine B. Vogel on Sudarshan Shetty - artforum.com / in print |publisher=Artforum.com |date= |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref>

The work in the show bears references to the thirteen days of mourning in Hindu Rituals as well heightens the contrast between the eternal cycle of reincarnation and the linear ephemerality of a domestic experience.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artforum.com/inprint/id=38266 |title=Sabine B. Vogel on Sudarshan Shetty - artforum.com / in print |publisher=Artforum.com |date= |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref>