ARTIST: Alwar Balasubramaniam

Balasubramaniam installs his work like its a part of the wall, connected as one. He wants his work to be believable and look real which is not really something I'm interested in but i really like his use of plaster and how his sculpture interact with light of he makes interesting shapes. 

Alwar Balasubramaniam: Uncharted Territories 
'Seeing is believing. In Alwar Balasubramaniam’s case, seeing and believing are two separate acts, depending on your discernment and perception. His prints, paintings, and sculptures, with their constant plays on the visible and invisible, illusion and certainty, challenge notions of the real and the unreal. Walk into a Balasubramaniam exhibition and you will be confronted by a surreal world where walls are pulled like fabric by disembodied hands, where a figure of the artist sits with his head buried deep in the wall, where angels emerge as if by magic from blocks of stone and sculptures dissolve into nothingness.
A printmaker, painter, and sculptor, Balasubramaniam refuses to be slotted into any one category, stating flatly, “ You are whatever you are.” He would rather be known as “a person who creates art.'

by Minhazz Majumdar

  http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag08/dec_08/balasub/balasub.shtml