Talwar Gallery, New York presents a show of new works by talented artist Sheila Makhijani. ‘TOSS’ is the third solo of the New Delhi based artist at the gallery. It is comprised of a body of works done over the last couple years and includes a series of drawings with gouache on paper apart from stitched drawings and an artist’s book.
The stitched drawings are combined of multiple planes of paper that have been cut into different shapes, joined and then stitched with layers of clear plastic. On the other hand, a set of drawings constructed and bound by the artist unfold in the book as its pages are turned. An accompanying note elaborates:
Born in 1962 in New Delhi, Sheila Makhijani received her Bachelor and Masters of Fine Art from the College of Art, New Delhi. She traveled to Japan to study at Kanazawa Bijutsu Kogei Daigaku, in 1993. Her works have been showcased in exhibits at Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia; National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi; Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, and Kuntsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Her works will be on view at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NY later this month in ‘On Line: Drawing Through The Twentieth Century’, curated by and Connie Butler amnd Catherine de Zegher.
The stitched drawings are combined of multiple planes of paper that have been cut into different shapes, joined and then stitched with layers of clear plastic. On the other hand, a set of drawings constructed and bound by the artist unfold in the book as its pages are turned. An accompanying note elaborates:
“Stitched, ripped, folded, layered and painted, the paper in the artist’s hands becomes a performance site for her lines. On this surface lines dart, skip, or twirl like an ecstatic dervish dancer or gently wind their way like a solitary country road through the folds of nature and those of the artist’s mind. These seemingly aerial mappings of imaginary landscapes, while balanced and floating in her gouache drawings series, are more adventurous in her ‘stitched’ drawing series.”Here they aren’t any longer contained within a mere a frame or square sheet. In fact, they tend to traverse the various planes and colors, courting lines of sewn colored thread, in the process, which seem to keep them from trespassing on what looks like thin ice-like clear plastic sheathing.
Born in 1962 in New Delhi, Sheila Makhijani received her Bachelor and Masters of Fine Art from the College of Art, New Delhi. She traveled to Japan to study at Kanazawa Bijutsu Kogei Daigaku, in 1993. Her works have been showcased in exhibits at Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia; National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi; Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, and Kuntsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Her works will be on view at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NY later this month in ‘On Line: Drawing Through The Twentieth Century’, curated by and Connie Butler amnd Catherine de Zegher.
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