Empties 42 Print

Now I am working in garhi studio in delhi. I work on urbanization. With this in my work I utilize scrap materials like- old newz papers, CDs, electronic wastes, etc by sticking them . I use grafitti also as an element in my work. In our daily life, we use all these items. And when they get old or out of use, we chuck them out. However, they remain connected with us and our lives in one way, or onother. I try to portray this relationship of our present and their past, like that of a rememberd past. I break up the script, or rather, pseudoscript, and write there. Every script has been created by humans, after they had started making use of speech, to record or communicate in a written way. Thus, nemorous scripts hadcome up. This happened after they had first communicated by means of signs or pictures sctached on walls, rocks and caves. As we see now in many prehistoric art in caves all over the world. And when children drow lines or pictures on walls, there is great freedom and spontaneity to it. And even we feel this upon seeing them. They have no fear or deliberation while creating there ‘works’. Everything is a free flow. And in my work, I try to reflect this not as a copy of children in front of me, but becouse I too was a child. And memories linger somewhere in the psyche, seeking expression at any time. Morever we, in our contamporary life, go through various problems and issues like- political turmoils, caste and class struggles, terrorism, wars, drugs, religious clashes and so on. We all want to be free of such despairs and tensions. Then why not preserve the innosence and simplicity the goodness of children. Even when we have grown up? This I want to reflect through my creations.