Avantika Bawa
A Pink Scaffold in the Rann (day view), 2019-20
Avantika Bawa
A Pink Scaffold in the Rann (day view), 2019-20
Digital print on Hahnemule photo rag paper
115.6 x 81.3 x 101.6 cm
45 1/2 x 32 x 40 in
45 1/2 x 32 x 40 in
Edition of 5 + 2AP
©Avantika Bawa
A Pink Scaffold in the Rann, part of The Scaffold Series, which takes the scaffold beyond its functional purpose into a visual engagement with space and site. The scaffold is...
A Pink Scaffold in the Rann, part of The Scaffold Series, which takes the scaffold beyond its functional purpose into a visual engagement with space and site. The scaffold is compelling not only as a form, but also as a metaphor. It is strong and solid, yet porous; it is transitional—it is there to help something be created, after which the scaffold goes away; it is a bridge from one state to another; it spans, connects, and aids, then vanishes, its mission accomplished.
A Pink Scaffold in the Rann, was installed in the Rann of Kutch, in a salt marsh in west-central India. The massive installation reflected a color that dominates both the local craft and sunrise of the region. Art critic Richard Speer writes:
“On a stunning site sixty miles south of the Pakistani border, Bawa and her crew erected a towering metal scaffold rising 38 feet above the flat earth like a cathedral façade shot through with squares of open air. It was simultaneously one with, and apart from, its surroundings. Once seen, it became difficult to imagine the site without it.
A Pink Scaffold in the Rann, was installed in the Rann of Kutch, in a salt marsh in west-central India. The massive installation reflected a color that dominates both the local craft and sunrise of the region. Art critic Richard Speer writes:
“On a stunning site sixty miles south of the Pakistani border, Bawa and her crew erected a towering metal scaffold rising 38 feet above the flat earth like a cathedral façade shot through with squares of open air. It was simultaneously one with, and apart from, its surroundings. Once seen, it became difficult to imagine the site without it.
