One of the sculptures by Ratilal Kansodaria that depict rural children swinging in gay abandon is aptly titled ‘Rule-less Play.’ In Indian philosophy, this ‘play without rules’ is called ‘Lila’; even the primordial creative urge of the originator of everything is called a ‘play’, so are the acts of time. In Kansodaria’s bronze sculptures one could witness this Indian philosophical depth as well as the Shakespearean wisdom therefore these sculptures become an artistic interface where the Eastern aesthetic sensibilities meet their Western counterparts.

Hailed as one of the prominent contemporary Indian sculptors who is devoted to the medium of bronze Kansodaria prefers a narrative style, though simple in theme has all the complexities of making for he uses the lost wax process. He works like a dexterous film-maker who handles all the major departments in film making a la master, Satyajit Ray. The simplicity of his choicest themes is not affected, however the more one looks at his works the more one realizes how he transforms the perceived realities into a fantastic reality, taking him into a wonderland where time and language assume surreal dimensions.

A deliberate shift that Kansodaria employs in his large as well as medium sized works (including the small table top sculptures) articulates an eco-homo-centric philosophy almost replacing the homo-centric nature of narrative sculptures done by his contemporaries. The eco-homo-centric philosophy delineates a sustainable life pattern where human beings harmoniously co-habit with their avian and beastly friends against the backdrop of wonderful foliage. On the one hand his works highlight the ‘viswaikaneedam’ world view (world is a singular nest) and on the other hand Kansodaria underlines the allegorical narratives common to the erstwhile Buddhist lore. The passion and power emanating from these sculptures equates them with the aesthetical focus of the genius sculptor, Ram Kinkar Baij. Though different in articulation, the world view cherished by Baij could be seen in the works of Kansodaria and in the days when sculptors fall in love with newer materials, Kansodaria holds his singular medium up and chronicles the untold stories of a golden past and a present adorned by the shiny dust of the same past.

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