FOREST OF SHADOWS
In her current work, Madhvi Subrahmanian reflects on the fluid interconnectedness of nature and urban culture. She brings conceptual and sensory experiences together in her installations, which are usually participatory and/or immersive in nature. Working in multiples and using repetition, Madhvi fosters a contemplative process in her practice. Her Window series is an abstract distillation of city structures and floor plans exploring the window as a key architectural component that facilitates sight and perspective. Juxtaposed against the Windows and reminiscent of Jaipur block printing, is a ‘forest of shadows’, created through form, material and the play of light and shadow. The shape-shifting shadows and the displacement of object by its shadow and vice versa, speaks to the temporality and transience of life and nature.
2018, Stoneware, light and shadow.
Variable size, Back wall: 243 cm x 243 cm
Singapore based, MADHVI SUBRAHMANIAN trained with Ray meeker in Puducherry and obtained her MFA from the US. Her work can be seen in several collections including the Mumbai Domestic Airport, India, Shigaraki Ceramic Sculptural Park, Japan, and Fule museum, China. Madhvi has had many solo and group shows including at museums in Bangkok, Jakarta, Henan and Singapore where she was recently commissioned to show her installation Ode to the Unknown. She is an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics and has been published in books and international journals, as well as featured on the cover of ART India Magazine.
www.madhvisubrahmanian.com
