Sheila Makhijani
dal 15/9/2005 al 12/11/2005
Segnalato da
15/9/2005
Sheila Makhijani
Talwar Gallery, New York
Blip! The artist continues to explore line, color and space through malleable systems that pivot around an interior logic all their own. Expanding on her earlier drawing practices, in the new works she has introduced a sculptural approach to the paper itself - punctured, layered and extended through stitching.
Blip!
Talwar Gallery is pleased to announce BLIP!, an exhibition of new
Paintings & Works on paper by Sheila Makhijani. The exhibition will open
on September 16 and will be on view through November 12, 2005. There
will be an opening reception and preview on Friday, September 16 from
6-8 pm.
In this new series of gouaches, Makhijani continues to explore line,
color and space through malleable systems that pivot around an interior
logic all their own. Expanding on her earlier drawing practices, in
the new works the artist has introduced a sculptural approach to the
paper itself - punctured, layered and extended through stitching. In
these new works, the kinetic nature of the drawings is echoed and
strengthened by compositions that are no longer static or centered their
energy no longer containable by square white surface. The stitching
itself proposes sequential fragments of time and space, creating
tangible boundaries that are impishly crossed by delicate yet purposeful
lines of color. Now more than ever resembling swirling kites in space,
Makhijani's drawings are like moving spirits refusing to be tied down.
Organic and interwoven lines are also the subjects of Makhijani's large
and bold canvases. The undulating paintings conjure images of vivid
underwater worlds, wherein varying degrees of translucence and depth
echo the airy negative spaces of the gouaches. Within these ample,
luminous areas the same web-like lines seem to tease gravity and lure
the viewer deeper into the work. As art critic, Menezes states, "..in
her canvases where she leaves no terrain unchartered, no space
unexplored. Colour rushes in to fill every void and spills over
uninvited. Forms leap up and subside in this frenzied feast of tangled
nets where buzz not bare rules the roost."
Sheila Makhijani was born in New Delhi, India and was educated at the
College of Art, Delhi from where she also completed her Masters in Arts
degree. In 1993 she studied in Japan at Kanazawa Bijutsu Kogei Daigaku,
Kanazawa, Japan. Her works have been exhibited frequently in Holland,
India and Australia. Her works were included in Bilkool at Perth
Institute of Contemporary art and in 1999 and 1998 at RMIT Project
Space, Melbourne. Makhijani's works have also been included in
exhibitions at Kunsthal Rotterdam, Holland in 1993; Gemeentemuseum,
Arnhem, Holland in 1991; at Saline Royale d'Arc Et Senans, France in
1993. Makhijani's works are in various private and public collections in
United States and India including the National Gallery of Modern Art,
New Delhi. This is her second solo exhibition at Talwar Gallery.
Sheila Makhijani lives and works in New Delhi, India.
Image: Have you seen strawberry?, 48" x 60", oil on canvas, 2005
The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue including an
essay by Meera Menezes.
Talwar Gallery
108 East 16 Street – New York