Indian Artist Kumaresan Selvaraj Explores Id, Ego and Superego Through His Layered Sculptures

“Something from within is always making its way out,” says Chennai-based artist Kumaresan Selvaraj.  Born in 1983, Selvaraj explores the conscious and unconscious layers of perception, memory and existence through his sculptures in cement, wood, paint, metal and paper. Selvaraj has been interested in fine arts since school and won many awards for his paintings.Continue reading “Indian Artist Kumaresan Selvaraj Explores Id, Ego and Superego Through His Layered Sculptures”

The 24 Laws of Meinong’s Jungle

My new series is based on 19th-century Austrian psychologist and philosopher Alexius Meinong’s Theory of Objects (published in 1904), which was ridiculed at the time as being too far-fetched for suggesting the beingness of nonexistent things. His suggested parallel universe of ‘impossible objects’ was termed Meinong’s Jungle by his critics. Today, however, Meinong’s Jungle holdsContinue reading “The 24 Laws of Meinong’s Jungle”