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Opening on Friday 27th Jan 2023 at 4pm<\/h2>\n
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Sharing this series is my way of taking a pause and evaluating my own journey, allowing myself to touch upon the core of my experience. In this collection of my latest work, several forms have emerged that reflect the serene atmosphere that surrounds my studio. I draw from nature; its simplicity, its spontaneity, as well as all its complexities. By utilising a variety of techniques, adapting them, and engaging with constant experimentation when creating clay compositions, kilns, and firing methods, I strive to remain on a constant path of new discoveries and experiences. Seed pods hold an entire universe within \u2014 the entire process of life, diverse yet contained. The imprints of these pods play a large role in my work. The intricate struggles of every life form illustrated by nature in these simple pods inspire me ceaselessly. This collection also delves into the idea of nihility \u2014 containers that hold nothingness, the space within.<\/p>\n
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As Chinese thinker Lao Tzu says:<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel, But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheels depends. We turn clay to make vessel, But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends. We pierce doors and windows to make a house, And it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends. Therefore just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognise the usefulness of what is not.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This nothingness can be transformed into everything, such is the reality of our existence. My travel adventures over the past decade are chronicled through these large jars and platters. The painter in me, who has been hidden for a while, emerges having traversed the hinterlands of rural Indian life and adorns many of the forms in this series. In these lands, women create mesmerising paintings, sizeable hand-beaten vessels and platters with wonderful spontaneous flourishes. Repetition and pattern, explored via texture and technique, pay tribute to the way in which the work of these women transforms the Mundane into the Sacred, defiant against the perfect, disciplined forms moulded by their male potter counterparts.<\/p>\n
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The abstract personality of these painted images \u2014 meandering lines, flowing strokes, embellishments, muted colours \u2014 on walls, sculptural forms, and floors are a tribute to the timeless nature of this art form, and the collective aesthetics of India. The embellishments on each form are enhanced by means of soda firing, cone five terracotta, and stoneware. Each form is a canvas for experimentation. The Totem Poles depict various points of my journey; each a place to hold and centre oneself, they act as anchors that once thrown allow me to float on these moments. There is an unending dialogue between me and the process that will take me to the pieces I aim to create, which is mediated by these Totems as stops in my path. The show Within\\Without is my pause point of reference, a place to which my life has brought me, finally! It is an offering to my mentors, my teachers, and my inspirations! A tribute to all the discomfort we have to go through in our evolutionary journey, reflecting the nothing and everything we hold within ourselves, and the forms that we express without!<\/p>\n
27th Jan. to 11th Feb 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n
By Rakhee Kane<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
27th January to 11th February 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Monday to Saturday 10am \u2013 1pm \/ 2pm \u2013 6pm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Opening on Friday 27th Jan 2023 at 4pm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sharing this series is my way of taking a pause and evaluating my own journey, allowing myself to touch upon the core of my experience. In this collection of my latest work, several forms have emerged that reflect the serene atmosphere that surrounds my studio. I draw from nature; its simplicity, its spontaneity, as well as all its complexities. By utilising a variety of techniques, adapting them, and engaging with constant experimentation when creating clay compositions, kilns, and firing methods, I strive to remain on a constant path of new discoveries and experiences. Seed pods hold an entire universe within \u2014 the entire process of life, diverse yet contained. The imprints of these pods play a large role in my work. The intricate struggles of every life form illustrated by nature in these simple pods inspire me ceaselessly. This collection also delves into the idea of nihility \u2014 containers that hold nothingness, the space within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Chinese thinker Lao Tzu says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel, But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheels depends. We turn clay to make vessel, But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends. We pierce doors and windows to make a house, And it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends. Therefore just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognise the usefulness of what is not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This nothingness can be transformed into everything, such is the reality of our existence. My travel adventures over the past decade are chronicled through these large jars and platters. The painter in me, who has been hidden for a while, emerges having traversed the hinterlands of rural Indian life and adorns many of the forms in this series. In these lands, women create mesmerising paintings, sizeable hand-beaten vessels and platters with wonderful spontaneous flourishes. Repetition and pattern, explored via texture and technique, pay tribute to the way in which the work of these women transforms the Mundane into the Sacred, defiant against the perfect, disciplined forms moulded by their male potter counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The abstract personality of these painted images \u2014 meandering lines, flowing strokes, embellishments, muted colours \u2014 on walls, sculptural forms, and floors are a tribute to the timeless nature of this art form, and the collective aesthetics of India. The embellishments on each form are enhanced by means of soda firing, cone five terracotta, and stoneware. Each form is a canvas for experimentation. The Totem Poles depict various points of my journey; each a place to hold and centre oneself, they act as anchors that once thrown allow me to float on these moments. There is an unending dialogue between me and the process that will take me to the pieces I aim to create, which is mediated by these Totems as stops in my path. The show WithinWithout is my pause point of reference, a place to which my life has brought me, finally! It is an offering to my mentors, my teachers, and my inspirations! A tribute to all the discomfort we have to go through in our evolutionary journey, reflecting the nothing and everything we hold within ourselves, and the forms that we express without!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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