What does really Eden’ mean to her? Does it refer the garden where Adam & Eve harmoniously lived till the latter was tempted by the serpent? Or to a parallel universe where untouched forest life thrives? Is it a façade for reality or a dream idyll? The new series raises such complex questions with no easy answers. Elaborating on her new solo show, an accompanying note stated:
“Eden is here now. It is what it is. Crowded, chaotic and claustrophobic – every inch of space bursting with the debris and stuff of human existence – crammed with information and endeavor, action and consequence. It is wretched and harsh. At best, difficult for human existence. Yet, human life thrives here. A life, vibrant, buzzing with enterprise and action, a gritty picture of human resolve. The ability to survive, adapt, thrive and grow in such an environment is nothing short of a miracle.”She did her Master of Fine Arts at Goldsmith’s College in London in 2006, and participated as a finalist in the prestigious Celeste Art Prize show. A year later, Suhasini Kejriwal started experimenting with sculptures.
In her paintings, she grafts peculiar elements of patterns juxtaposed with thick sprawls of vegetation. At first insects and animals of giant proportions suddenly emerge from the tumultuous jungle. Nowhere does she allow the viewer’s eye to find rest or succor. Where one creature or plant, flower terminates, another one will spring forward in a consummate case of horror vacui. The constant overflow of sensations invariably forces the viewers to decelerate their processing of sensory stimuli and break accustomed perception patterns.
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