Chemould Prescott Road while having positioned as a venue to present contemporary art, primarily featuring Modern & Contemporary artworks from India, the venue also has a proud tradition of unveiling diverse practices in the domain.
It is no coincidence that after a long period of several private commissions, Monika Correa finally returns to an open exhibition space to showcase her beautiful tapestries at Chemould. In this new body of work, the meticulous practitioner subtly explores the concept that she has been gradually developing over the last so many years. She, this time, digs deeper in her creative recesses to remove the reed at a certain juncture in the weaving in greater depth, so that the warp threads are able to meander freely.
This introduces, an accompanying gallery note elaborates, three-dimensional optical illusions, as well as an extraordinary sense of freedom and happenstance into the patterns of the woven fabric. This concept has been explored with considerable finesse and rigor – so that what emerges are very free, yet meticulously structured, variations on a theme.
Monika Correa has exhibited her works at several shows both in India and internationally is based in Mumbai with her renowned architect husband, Charles Correa. Incidentally, Monika Correa was introduced to weaving by the distinguished American weaver, Marianne Strengell of the Cranbrook Academy, Michigan, way back in 1962. On her return to the home country, she continued her training at Mumbai’s Weaver’s Service Centre.
Her work explores the underlying relationship between weaving and the diverse textures and patterns of nature, is in many major public collections like the ‘Quartet of Tapestries’ commissioned by Philip Johnson for The Four Seasons restaurant in New York and the Constitutional Court of South Africa in Johannesburg.
Her works are unique in that they take extremely inventive concepts at the technical level and translate them into visual and tactile products, which exude a sense of monumental peace and classic.
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