101 Reflections
2023 | Glazed stoneware
Dhruvi Acharya’s assemblage of 101 sculptures are three dimensional representations of the ideas and images she addresses in her two-dimensional works. The ceramic pieces collectively focus on the human conditions; the loss of life (including non-human), inequality, and our dependence on the natural systems that our own bodies are a part of as we age.
The screaming flowers cry out for the flora and fauna driven to destruction by humans, while the cooking pots show our dependence on the same. A bed with nails signifies the loss of loved ones, and a commode chair embodies the aging and diseased. But there is also an element of joy. Of celebration of the deformed, the melting, the slightly oversized. Bulbous female bodies take up space in defiance of the objectification and shame they are subjected to. Acharya’s installation uses humor and whimsy to highlight the cycle of life, death and perseverance, creating a space for reflection upon personal and shared experiences.
DHRUVI ACHARYA’s work focuses on the psychological and emotional aspects of an urban woman’s life in a world teeming with discord, violence and pollution. Primarily a painter, Dhruvi began working with ceramics during her stay in New York in 2021.
Dhruvi received her MFA from the Hoffberger School, Maryland Institute College of Art, USA. Her works have been exhibited at the San Jose Museum, Queens Museum in New York, Spazio Oberdan in Milan, Griffith University in Brisbane, Webster University in St Louis, CSMVS & NGMA in Mumbai. After living in the USA for 9 years, she lives & works in Mumbai.
