Collapsing Evolving 3
Cloth, Plaster, Resin, Acrylics, Wire
145 x 71 x 41 cm
2021
Private Collection
Cloth, Plaster, Resin, Acrylics, Wire
145 x 71 x 41 cm
2021
Private Collection
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Lost Sun
Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Resin, Paint, Hot Glue, Fishing Line, Wire 95 x 100 x 40 cm 2018 Private Collection |
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Collapsing Evolving 2
Cloth, paper, plaster, acrylic, resin, wire 83 X 50 x 18 cm 2020 Finalist, Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2021 |
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Living Plastic 2
Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Resin, Paint, Fishing Line, Hot Glue, Wire 85 x 56 x 14 cm 2018 Private Collection |
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Interwoven Blossoming
Cloth, plaster, resin, acrylic, wire 60 x 54 x 17 cm 2019 Private Collection |
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Collapsing Evolving 7
Cloth, plaster, acrylic, resin, wire 76 X 46 X 25 cm 2022 Private Collection |
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Collapsing Evolving 1
Cloth, paper, plaster, acrylic, resin, wire 30 X 58 X 85 cm 2020 Private Collection |
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Growing Whither 1
Cloth, paper, plaster, wire, resin, acrylic paint 120 x 109 x 40 cm 2019 Private Collection |
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Each Little Flower that Opens
Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Wool, Epoxy Resin, Paint and Wire 98 x 108 x 11 cm 2017 Private Collection, Singapore |
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The Dust Holds Untold Treasures 2 Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Epoxy Resin, Paint and Wire 73 x 85 x 9 cm 2017 Private Collection |
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The Dust Holds Untold Treasures 1
Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Epoxy Resin, Paint and Wire 67 x 77 x 10 cm 2017 Private Collection |
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Entropy Blossoms
Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Epoxy Resin, Paint and Wire 70 x 80 x 20 cm 2017 Private Collection |
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Interwoven Landscapes 1
Cloth, Rope, Plaster, Epoxy Resin and Paint 89 x 103 x 7 cm 2017 Private Collection, Spain |
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Upwards Onwards
Acrylic on Yarn, Resin, Iron Nails 114 x 94 cm 2022 Private Collection |
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Empty Cocoon I and III
Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Wool, Resin, Paint and Wire I: 47 x 33 x 13 cm III: 33 x 25 x 13 cm 2018 Private Collection, Singapore |
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Living Plastic 1
Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Resin, Paint, Fishing Line, Hot Glue, Wire 70 x 60 x 13 cm 2018 Private Collection |
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Urban Veils 2
Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Resin, Paint, Wire 80 x 50 x 14 cm 2018 Private Commission |
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Home is a Blade of Grass 2
Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Resin, Paint, Wire 60 x 50 x 22 cm 2018 Private Collection |
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Adjacent Worlds
Cloth, plaster, acrylic, resin on stretched canvas 92 x 124 x 18 cm 2020 Private Collection |
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The Sky Grows out of the Mud
Cloth, Paper, Plaster, Epoxy Resin, Paint and Wire 54 x 62 x 11 cm 2017 Private Collection |
The hunter-gatherer phase of existence occupies at least ninety percent of human history and this may be why experiencing the Natural world has such a therapeutic impact, connecting at a deep psychic level. When I walk alone in the forests and in the mountains, often I have had a keen awareness of how my body is as organic as the trees, plants and earth around me. It is only the story in my brain that tells me I am a separate identity-the ego that tries to assert itself. When out in Nature I know myself to be a part of it and also of all other living beings. Cloth is used extensively in these works, its interwoven threads symbolizing this interconnectedness at the spiritual level.
I find coherence and beauty in the rhythms of Nature. Processes in Nature follow their own gradual path and cannot be hurried. The barks of trees for example bear the marks of the storms it has weathered, the erosion, the moss and fungi that have grown on it, its own growth marks. One can almost see its building up over the decades on its surface. My work too is built up in layers. It requires waiting for one layer to dry before the next can be applied and in this way the work too cannot be hurried and grows at a certain pace or rhythm dictated by the materials. In this series this effect has been even more pronounced as not only have I used materials like paint and paper that need to dry but also materials like plaster and epoxy resin that have a curing time.
Many of the forms have been created by molding the humble (quintessentially urban) material of toilet paper to the bones of my fingers. Curiously, this trace of the human body becomes a form reminiscent of corals, forest blossoms or fungi growing on the bark of trees- another reminder of how our bodies our connected to natural formations.