The spirit flows fast and furious,
Unaware of the path that reveals itself,
A step, a stone, a brook
Away and afar,
Much of what we see is not what is
A lot of what is, we not see
The part one plays isn’t always the part assigned
Yet to play with the best of our ability
Is an attempt we make
Rest a while, sleep a while
Get up and move again
Go with the flow …
Nehal Racch
Stitches, threads, maps and directions, enclosed spaces and open grounds contrast each other and yet become a whole. Nehal’s paper works resonating with an energy, bursting with freshness and life, evolve as a personal mapping of her journey as an artist and as a person, These works allow the artist to converse through time, giving a new form to several emotions in a different light and structure. The influence and fondness of simple forms is amalgamated with an insurgency of colour, often minimal, in the form of barely visible washes and sometimes in rushes of vividness which breaks the silence of the linear quality of these works.
The artist’s process of working is impulsive, devoid of any preconceived deliberation, allowing her imagination to dictate. Thin lines assume strength as they take its course to give birth to forms and thereafter dictating dimensional spaces, bringing the surface alive with movement and life. The subtle linear quality present in these works equate with the gentleness required to handle clay and provide a link between the solidity of ceramic and the sensitivity of drawings.
Although these works are a conscious diversion to the deliberation of her practice in clay, the drawings have to be seen as a continuation of the artists creative thought process. The artist maintains a conviction of the coexistence of the presence of formed object and the abstractness of her drawings to bring out a new dimension in her visual vocabulary. It is by means of the freedom that this visual language offers, she continues her journey…one of discovery and experiences.
As an idiom in its own, drawing has engaged the artist from time to time. Though not a new mode of expression, this body of works assumes a significant status as it has emerged as an entity in itself.
(Courtsey: Gallery Threshold) |
