| In the 1970s, Sayed Haider Raza revisited Indian culture to develop contemplative imagery for his work. Inspired by Tantric art, he created the “Bindu” series, which depicts the dot in the center of a yantra or mandala that is the focus point for meditation and marks the epicenter of Raza’s life. He has remembered his elementary school teacher, who instructed the easily distracted pupil to concentrate on a dot drawn on the chalkboard. 1 For Raza, these geometric compositions are ultimately concerned with nature and the elements of nature, which create order of the universe.
1 Payal Mohanka, “My heart is in India, says Sayed Haider Raza,” March 10, 2010,
http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/mar/10/interview-with-legendary-artist-sayed-haider-raza.htm |
