Students' Biennale 2021: With Grace, the Needle Pierces
Artists: Rupa Nath, Gayatri Halder, Moushmi Mahato. Curated by Adip Dutta
With Grace, the Needle Pierces
This project comprises three individual projects involving needle work. Using the needle as a tool, each project simultaneously indicates and negates convention, especially conventional embroidery.
Film by Rupa NathKochi-Muziris Biennale
Rupa uses embroidery as her mode of production..
Design II by Rupa NathKochi-Muziris Biennale
..but she uses human hair instead of the thread.
Delicate love III by Rupa NathKochi-Muziris Biennale
This makes the works fetishist in nature.
Delicate love IV by Rupa NathKochi-Muziris Biennale
This remains camouflaged in the work..
Design III by Rupa NathKochi-Muziris Biennale
..especially where refined embroidery becomes overwhelming.
Reanimated by Gayatri HalderKochi-Muziris Biennale
Gayatri's works involve the pierces of the needle..
Narration of a leaf by Gayatri HalderKochi-Muziris Biennale
..but she discards stitching..
Contexture of nature I by Gayatri HalderKochi-Muziris Biennale
..thereby excluding the role of the thread.
Narration of a leaf II by Gayatri HalderKochi-Muziris Biennale
Needle marks on paper create embroidery-like surface..
Pervasive by Gayatri HalderKochi-Muziris Biennale
..with the works are marked by an absence of the thread.
Character by Moushmi MahatoKochi-Muziris Biennale
Moushmi's works are closer to embroidery compared to the other two artists..
Rupture by Moushmi MahatoKochi-Muziris Biennale
..yet she moves away from the usual sphere in their presentation and purpose.
Stitched onto the diary by Moushmi MahatoKochi-Muziris Biennale
An embroidered fabric further stitched on to the page of a sketchbook.
Character by Moushmi MahatoKochi-Muziris Biennale
She moves the work away from its familiar context.
Drawing by Moushmi MahatoKochi-Muziris Biennale
She often destroys the surface of the embroidery by rubbing iron brush on to its surface.
The Students’ Biennale seeks to complement and strengthen the fine arts education system in India and is the largest educational initiative of the Kochi Biennale Foundation. The fourth edition was led by a team of five artists and art educators – Adip Dutta, Archana Hande, Manoj Vyloor, Suresh K Nair and Vasudha Thozhur, and featured 314 student artists from over 62 education institutions across India to produce approximately 45 projects.
Compiled and Edited by Mala Yamey
https://experimenter.in/artists/33-adip-dutta/biography/
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Gayatri-Halder/751F991D80CB7112/Biography
