Some art works inspire and motivate you, while others are purely for visual pleasure. But there are also those that provoke you to think...
Some art works inspire and motivate you, while others are purely for visual pleasure. But there are also those that provoke you to think... Today you will get a chance to witness such contemplative works of art at the Lemongrasshopper Art Gallery in the city. The gallery has organised an art show titled 'Feminine Syntax: Personal Biographies', curated by Rekha Rodwittiya from Vadodara.
The exhibition will showcase the talent of six artists. Three of these are from India and three of them are from Korea. Kim Kyoungae, Lee Hayan and Kim Seola from South Korea, Karishma D'souza and Sonatina Mendes from Goa and Malavika Rajnarayan from Bangalore will exhibit their work for your viewing pleasure. All the six currently reside in Vadodara.
While talking about the art show and artists, Rodwittiya says, "The six artists are acutely conscious of the collective histories that they choose to belong to. Nuanced and evocative, their works imbibe oral histories of a multicultural social milieu which become the stage of greater elaboration and interventions." She adds, "Shared associations, conflicts, parallel histories and cultural investigations - all wrapped in the pursuit of a visual language, have distilled to articulate passages of contemporary existence for these six women."
Rodwittiya feels all things hold power and art is definitely not restricted to just the rich. She says "I chose these artists as I had been affiliated to them for quite some time. I like contemporary art; which is of the modern times. For me, art is not just a business, but it’s something that acts as a catalyst between a viewer and the art, provoking thinking in some way or manner."
So which of the two is more complex according to her, art or science? "Both are very different in their own accord. We do not live in isolation. If I have to travel to Myanmar, I may not possibly go there; I can travel in my mind," says Rodwittiya.
Rodwittiya, who completed her BFA (painting) from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University of Baroda in 1981, originally belongs to Bangalore. A recipient of the Inlaks Scholarship, she did her MA in painting from the Royal College of Art, London.
She has been involved in art teaching and has been a guest faculty at art colleges in the UK, France, Italy, Sweden, Australia & Japan. Apart from delivering lectures on contemporary Indian art both in India and abroad, she also writes on gender-politics, issues of identity, curatorial methods and other subjects.
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