Two Forms in One 1958

N. Krishna Reddy made this print, *Two Forms in One*, using a layered approach with intaglio techniques, where colour and texture push and pull against each other. I imagine Reddy in his studio, carefully working on the plate. The textural surface is built up with horizontal marks, interrupted by a central vertical axis, a kind of spine from which bursts of energy radiate. The forms feel organic, like a botanical cross-section, or maybe a cosmic event. The redness at the core glows like the sun, spreading its energy outwards. There's this tension between control and accident, intention and chance. Reddy was experimenting with viscosity printing at Atelier 17, and you see echoes of other artists there, like Stanley William Hayter, all pushing the boundaries of what printmaking could do. It reminds us that art making is an ongoing conversation, a constant exchange of ideas across generations. It’s like we are all talking to each other, across time.