In his most recent works, Bala realizes the immaterial by making physical that which is tactilely undefined. This comes to the fore in the work Dark Light and Container as Content, in which the artist has cast not just the physical space occupied by the object but also the 'experience' of the object with light. He gives material form to the shadow of the sculpture and also the journey of the light to create the shadow. The evolution of Bala's creative and conceptual pursuit has added another dimension to this new body of work. With the most recent body of shadow sculptures, Bala has reached yet another level by giving form to the dark and the unseen, casting it in the matter and allowing us to see the invisible. His earlier work questioned what we see - the subjectivity of our perception, which often yields to illusion. This was followed by works that challenged us to believe in the unseen by manifesting the hidden in our consciousness. With the most recent body of shadow sculptures, Bala has reached yet another level by giving form to the dark and the unseen, casting it in matter and allowing us to see the invisible.
-Sharmini Pereira