Satish Gupta
Bholenath
Copper
50 x 27 x 27 inch 70.5 kg
Bholenath presents Shiva through a presence that feels immediate and familiar. The face is calm, almost tender, carrying a softness that resists grandeur. This is Shiva as Bholenath - the...
Bholenath presents Shiva through a presence that feels immediate and familiar. The face is calm, almost tender, carrying a softness that resists grandeur. This is Shiva as Bholenath - the Lord of innocence, a divinity known for an openness and that responds through closeness, patience, and quiet assurance to sincerity. The expression does not command reverence; it receives it quietly. The copper surface carries subtle variations of tone and texture, allowing light to move gently across the form. The surface bears subtle variations - traces of hammering, patina, and pressure remain visible. Rather than polishing the form into idealisation, Gupta allows material to retain its lived texture - giving the sculpture a sense of lived time. Iconographic elements such as the crescent moon settle naturally into the structure of the head, absorbed into the overall rhythm rather than standing apart as emphasis. Here, devotion circulates through simplicity. The sculpture holds a simple proposition: that grace does not arrive through effort or demand, but through a state of openness. Bholenath becomes a figure of ease - a reminder that openness itself can be a source of blessing. Bholenath stands as a reminder that innocence itself can be a form of wisdom - one that meets the world without resistance, and therefore receives it fully.
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