'Butterfly Effect' at the India Art Fair

Jayne Dyer, an Australian artist dressed in all black seems to emerge from her wall art which comprises a huge swirling colony of all black butterflies, apparently all fixed in a motionless trance against the white background accentuating the visual feel.

"I call it the 'Butterfly Effect Delhi' where these dark-shaded creatures represent the state of change and imminent collapse of a system as nothing seem to be permanent today and that's what I have explored in my works earlier and now this metaphor for the city of Delhi," Jayne told PTI.

Her work presented by the TAG Fine Arts gallery, London, gives an impression that someone has glued the fluttering ones, on to the wall is turning many heads here but she says this is not her first Butterfly Effect as she has created similar thinking 'effects' in other countries before.

"This is my work in Taiwan where I had worked with books too, about 3000 of them, along with the black 'butterflies' for a corporate building and it's called the Butterfly Effect Taipei. Similarly, in China too I created 'Infestation' where a swarm of butterflies, again all black clung on to the walls in a metaphorical representation of infestation," said Jayne.

But, possibly it was noted English artist Damien Hirst who had first created a new language and all-together new visual vocabulary with his series on the multi-coloured butterflies and four of his works are on display here along with a book art where he has attached a page to his book, bearing his signature butterfly design.

"We have four of his solo butterflies on sale here, priced USD 6,800 each and we did meet some potential buyers who are keen on buying them but general visitors are just fascinated by this 'Butterfly Effect' art for which Damien is so renowned," said Stephen Reed of Paul Stolper Gallery.

Damien Hirst despite not being present at the fair has apparently created a real "Butterfly Effect" at the Fair as an artist from Pakistan inspired by former's experimentation with the 'Butterfly Effect' art has created a massive 8-panel artwork with laser scoring technology aptly titled 'Silence Copy Copy' in tribute to Hirst's iconic work 'Silence'.

Established Pakistani artist Muhammad Zeeshan's elongated multi-panel homage to the British art icon halts many visitors in their tracks with its visual brilliance and the new technique of laser scoring and gouache on wasli. MORE