TERRAGEOMETRIX
Rahul Kumar and Chetnaa’s personal artistic sensibilities are reflected in their collaboration. Inspired by their urban surroundings, the large monochromatic installation is made up of 220 textured disc-shaped components of variable size, heights and angles. The jaali (screen) element with gold and blue accents references a lost heritage and contrasts it with modern rigidity. Overlaid on the installation is an abstract impression of a city grid. Map-like imagery in conjunction with organic and jaali elements create compositions that are both familiar and strange at the same time.
2018, Stoneware, coloured pigments, 24carat gold
Size: 220 clay components mounted on wooden platform of 335cm x 274cm x 15cm
RAHUL KUMAR completed his MFA from the US on a Fulbright Scholarship and received the Charles Wallace Award to study in the UK. He has had eight solo shows in the US and India, and his work has been auctioned at Sotheby’s London. A three-time recipient of the AIFACS National Award, he received the Junior Fellowship from the Government of India. Rahul is a India Foundation for the Arts grantee. His work is in significant collections including the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.
www.rahulclaystudio.com
CHETNAA completed her MFA in painting from the College of Art, Delhi. She has been part of several group shows in India and abroad and has two solo shows to her credit. Chetnaa has received the AIFACS Drawing Award and is a winner of the Emerging Artist of the Year award by Glenfiddich. She recently received a Special Mention award from SCZCC Nagpur. Chetnaa lives and works in Gurgaon.
