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One earth, many languages — four threads of painting, installation, iron and pulp

The Kochi Muziris Biennale 2018 installationBiennale · 2018

The Kochi Muziris Biennale — Culmination / Evolution

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018, cur. Anita Dube. Bihar heritage, the redemptive Ganga and Buddhist clarity — monochrome depths cut by radiant colour, from raw earth pigments to luminous abstraction. "I could see that the farmer's being was essentially conjoined in sympathy of us all. Frugal, magnificent, monumental."

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018 · cur. Anita Dube

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Reapers Melody rural landscapeTalwar · 2014–15

Reapers Melody — The Running Theme

Talwar Gallery 2014–15. "Deploying the basic earthy tones, here was the recreation of the rural Indian landscape — of earth and water." — Monica Arora, 2015. Rehat iron rope drawn by bullocks, Ghar Andar Bahar mud textures, Megh Meyrd monsoon gaze. "EARTH, WIND, WATER AND THE FARMER."

Paintings · sculptural installations · paper pulp

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Studio within my havenStudio · Haven

Studio — Within My Haven

"I live in an apartment whose terrace I have filled with my favourite plants. Then I go to my studio, five minutes away. Then in the evening I come home like the farmer." Being a farmer's daughter, deeply connected with the earth and its magnificent output.

Delhi studio · terrace plants · daily rhythm

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Containing the Cosmos STPI pulpSTPI · 2011

Containing the Cosmos — Collaborations at STPI

STPI Singapore 2011 turning point. Fingers and hands painting on pulp like mud-wall painting. Encaustic Lonely Furrow in vibrant colour — palette changed, iconography shifted, relationship with Earth acquired vibrations hitherto muted.

Hand-beaten pulp · mineral pigment · MoMA collection

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