diary of a young indian artist

Friday, January 30, 2009

ASHTANAYIKA the messengers of love

OM BHUR BHUVA SVAHA
4ft * 4ft mixed media on stainless steel

VASAKA SAJIKA
4ft mixed media on stainless steel

THE LESBIAN
10" x 10" mixed media on stainless steel

THE PROSTITUTE
10" x 10" mixed media on stainless steel

TWIN 1
10" x 10" mixed media on stainless steel

TWIN 2
10" x 10" mixed media on stainless steel

SISTER 2
10" x 10" mixed media on stainless steel

ARIES
10" x 10" mixed media on stainless steel

RAZOR HEAD
10" x 10" mixed media on stainless steel

SISTER 1
10" x 10" mixed media on stainless steel

BLOCK HEAD
10" x 10" mixed media on stainless steel

HAIR RAISER
10" x 10" mixed media on stainless steel

WORKING WITH STAINLESS STEEL

My maiden journey with stainless steel has ended in Steel Wonderland. In the past months I have taken a path of discovery + experimentation that was born from my initial frustration with Stainless Steel – an industrial product.

To me, Stainless steel was an indestructible shiny material that – in my studio – could not be colored, cut, printed, glued, molded, sculpted or crafted without losing its form, function and beauty.

Outside, in the factories & workshops of India, creating art with Stainless Steel is still a very experimental, time consuming & an expensive affair.

I am a mixed media collage artist. I like to work with my hands and do mostly everything myself. I use projectors, video graphics, cameras, glass paints, holographic papers, X-acto knives and my Macbook Pro to fill and completely cover my canvas with color, images & all sorts of hidden messages.

My challenge - to work with what I knew and what is new - Stainless steel.

My discovery of traditional double-edged safety razor blade marked the beginning of my adventure with steel. Then, molecular structures, chemical compositions, perfect reflections, minor imperfections & visual distortions became my definition of stainless steel … and a bit like life.

Since, I have obsessed about creating collages of colorful worlds with a material that is essentially one color.

Reflections have been my 2nd obsession. Playing with diversity – steel, light, plastic, paint and paper – to mirror reality with reflections of you within my collage has been exciting. Instead of covering the canvas, I have had to uncover the steel and its mirror effect. I have had to work in reverse.

I hope you enjoy my work and have fun discovering the hidden messages.

S. Ayesha

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

DIFFERENT FACES OF S.Ayesha MAY 2007

SOLO SHOW curated by DR ALKA PANDE
VISUAL ARTS GALLERY, India Habitat Center, NewDelhi, India, May 2007

BEAUTIFUL GREMLIN
SOLD
In the private collection of MR SWAPAN SETH

DADDY'S PRINCESS
SOLD
In the private collection of MR CHETAN SETH

DELICIOUS DIVA
SOLD
In the private collection of MR RAJ BARDEJA

MISS SIN
SOLD
In the private collection of MRS DEEPIKA JINDAL

PINK MISTRESS
SOLD
In the private collection of MR KABIR AND MRS SONIA BHANDARI

RED ANGEL
SOLD
In the private collection of MRS PRIYA CHATWAL

THE ARTIST
SOLD
In the private collection of MRS SANGEETA JINDAL

WILD CHILD
SOLD
In the private collection of ANJOLIE ELA MENON

ME AND MY WORK-ARTIST STATEMENT

☺ Hi everyone

My name is Ayesha – daughter of Chetan, Shammi, Manya & sister to Ameeta, Ambika & Kail. I have studied & lived in Europe & America and now live in Delhi. I am single, in love and discovering the many different sides to myself as I enter into new, deep, adult relationships with my family and friends in India.

My adventure as an artist is just beginning. My first exhibitions were based on dyslexia – a learning disability that affects 1/10 children worldwide, including myself. The exhibition invited the non-dyslexic person into my world to experience - 1st hand - what dyslexia is. So, I used time, language, math & colour to create a world where clocks are upside down, alphabets are reversed, right can’t be told from left and numbers form beautiful geometric patterns.

I am not a painter. I am a graphic artist. I like to experiment. I like to play. I like to disregard rules (especially social rules). I like hidden messages. I like big. I like to cut paper and deconstruct materials which I use to reconstruct ideas and art. I like to colour manically, it soothes me. I like pens, not paint. I like to stand in front of projectors. I like junk. I love to create chaos. I use lines and symmetry to give order. I add patterns for movement. I like to use icons that inspire me.

I like to use lots of new media and technologies - Xrays, Photoshop, fractals, digital photographs, projectors, commercial packaging, internet, transparencies with glass paint, reflective materials, holographic paper, handmade paper, acrylic plexiglass. With these materials, I create large collages of all the crazy & beautiful experiences in my life.

These works titled under the banner of – DIFFERENT FACES OF S.Ayesha, is a continuation to a solo show that was held in New Delhi in May 2007. The content of the work – is about me – my feelings, dreams, ideas, fantasies and experiences that I have had. Like a personal diary, my work reflects the different aspects of my life and the different faces I carry. In essence, these are all self portraits.

I hope you like my work. Feel free to drop me a comment enjoy yourselves. Thank you for viewing.

S. Ayesha ☺