DEEP TIME I

Prema Murthy

September 4 - October 4

Opening Reception: September 4, 6 to 8 pm

KALINER Gallery, in New York presents new work by Prema Murthy entitled DEEP TIME I, a video installation and series of limited-edition prints. DEEP TIME I, is the first part of a three-part video installation filmed in India and edited over the course of three years. This is the artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.

DEEP TIME I was filmed at the Jantar Mantar Astronomical Observatory in New Delhi, India. Built in the 18th century by Maharaja Jai Singh II, the observatory features five massive stone instruments precisely designed to observe celestial bodies and make astronomical calculations.

In DEEP TIME I, multi-dimensional planes and places co-exist harmoniously as One. The language of geometry intermingles with the play of shadow and light, and is transformed by the artist’s vision into a cosmic tone poem rooted in abstract minimalism.

*DEEP TIME I (010),* 2025. Archival Inkjet Print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper. 17 x 22 inches

Prema Murthy is an American artist based in New York, who works in painting, drawing, prints, video, installation, and digital media to explore the boundaries between embodiment and abstraction. Murthy received a BA in Art History and Women’s Studies from the University of Texas, Austin and an MFA from Goldsmith's College, London. She has exhibited in numerous shows including PS1/MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Reina Sofia Museum-Madrid, the Generali Foundation-Vienna, and the India Habitat Center-New Delhi.

Her work has been written about in the New York Times, Art Asia Pacific Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and Artforum. Murthy’s works are in several public and private collections including the Charugundla Collection, the Queens Museum of Art, the Neuberger Berman Collection, and multiple works being recently added to the TD Bank collection.

*DEEP TIME I (003),* 2025. Archival Inkjet Print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper. 17 x 22 inches

Murthy’s work aligns with mid-century minimalism, akin to Agnes Martin’s serene compositions. Intuitively inspired by images before dawn, Myrthy’s art harmonizes the mystical witht he objectivity of science, unifying disparate aspects of the human psyche.