“The Nest” showcases artworks that explore the idea of a home from a female perspective
Participating Artists include Bhartti Verma, Dimple Shah, Jitha Karthikeyan, Manju Mohanadas, Moutushi Chakraborty, Nirali Lal, Sonali Laha and Sonatina Mendes
New Delhi, June 12, 2020: ‘The Nest’ is a virtual exhibition that brings together eight women artists from across the country who draw inspiration form their domestic environment and experiences while living in traditional Indian households. The exhibition ends on 12th July, 2020.
Presented by Anant Art and curated by Aditi Ghildiyal the exhibition explores the idea of the ‘Nest/Home’ in both its literal and metaphorical contexts. A home is a very intimate space and thus each of us have our own interpretation in regard to it. It has multiple connotations and can be seen as a place of shelter, comfort, security, independence, identity, spirituality, solitude and compromise, entailing individual and shared experiences. The artists draw inspiration from their own dwellings to delve deep into the constitution of an architectural space of a house and its correlation with the woman in it and often, versus it. The exhibition shares perspectives and allows one to think of behaviours and materiality that separates the domestic and the non-domestic.
The exhibition includes an exclusive performance by Dimple Shah titled ‘Stainless Steel Nirvana- Path of Atmanirbhar,' by Dimple Shah.
“A nest/home is a shelter that one weaves with utmost love and care. How it differs for every woman and how domesticity as an agency yields different narratives. All artists in this exhibition share the tendency of drawing narratives from their domestic environment and thus the exhibition answers many untouched domains of the female consciousness,” says the curator, Aditi Ghildiyal.
With each work densely packed with significance, the show offers the viewer an intellectually stimulating experience when it comes to unpacking and interpreting the artist’s vision, and unpeel each layer charged with political/personal meaning, as one goes.
The show will be on view from 12th June to 10th July, 2020 at www.anantart.com.