Talented artist Archana Hande makes her European debut with a solo exhibition in Rome, at Z2O Galleria.
She is particularly known to employ video, painting, photography and the new media in her diverse range of work. Her new series ‘All is fair in Magic White’ can well be defined as an epitome of the ideas that have always been the focus of her work over the last ten years or so.
Archana Hande lives and works between Mumbai and Bangalore. The significant shows she has participated include 'Farewell to Post-Colonialism', Triennial of Guangzhou, China (2008); ‘Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art’, Switzerland (2007); and ‘Art Circus’, Triennial of Yokohama, Japan (2005).
She plays out the intersecting roles of activist, facilitator, interventionist, and art maker with consummate ease. Her diverse interests have prompted the artist to draw upon a variety of resources. Several of her projects exhibit an involved collaborative and participatory spirit. She has developed and based her creative output on the core theme of identity: racial, class, cultural and religious identity in post-colonial India. This in-depth research finds its echo in her new body of work.
A curatorial note states:
She is particularly known to employ video, painting, photography and the new media in her diverse range of work. Her new series ‘All is fair in Magic White’ can well be defined as an epitome of the ideas that have always been the focus of her work over the last ten years or so.
Archana Hande lives and works between Mumbai and Bangalore. The significant shows she has participated include 'Farewell to Post-Colonialism', Triennial of Guangzhou, China (2008); ‘Horn Please: Narratives in Contemporary Indian Art’, Switzerland (2007); and ‘Art Circus’, Triennial of Yokohama, Japan (2005).
She plays out the intersecting roles of activist, facilitator, interventionist, and art maker with consummate ease. Her diverse interests have prompted the artist to draw upon a variety of resources. Several of her projects exhibit an involved collaborative and participatory spirit. She has developed and based her creative output on the core theme of identity: racial, class, cultural and religious identity in post-colonial India. This in-depth research finds its echo in her new body of work.
A curatorial note states:
"The series is a perfect narrative and stylistic synthesis. The artist in her work uses an etching technique to narrate the story. Using technique of the block print she intends to create a sense of continuity with the craftsmanship referenced in the story. She has engraved the scenes of the story on 120 individual wood panels to impress them on 18 canvases.These are three women belonging to the upper class of contemporary Mumbai and a craftsman from the slums of Dharavi who weave together a curious tale.
" She completed the process of this work by hand painting. A ten minute animated video acts as a background to the canvases in which the particular traits of the few characters that make up the story are outlined with a touch of irony.”
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