Property from a Private Collector, FranceSohan Qadri1932 - 2011Inner JourneyInk and dye on handmade paperSigned and dated 'Qadri 00' lower right and further signed, dated and inscribed 'Qadri 00 / April' on reverse30 x 22 ⅛ in. (76.2 x 56.2 cm.)Executed in 2000Private Collection of Vinit Kumar, New Delhi Acquired from Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, April 2005Sohan Qadri: The Still Center, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 2005, illustration p. 47Sohan Qadri: The Moment, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 2007, illustration p. 67Sohan Qadri: Paintings 1961 - 2010, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, 2011, illustration p. 313An artist, philosopher, poet, and yogi, Sohan Qadri is known for his minimal, meditative artworks which reflect a deep and spiritual relationship with Tantric principles. In the current ink work, Qadri’s adoption of color is emblematic of this practice and he applies his remarkable understanding of depth and texture to reveal an imagined horizon receding within the paper’s surface. The artist was drawn to ink for its greater richness of pigment: "I was perpetually seeking a medium where effort is superfluous. Deep states of being are not brought out by effort." - Sohan Qadri (P. Gribaudo, Sohan Qadri: The Seer, Skira Editore S.p.A., Milan,  2011, p. 47)