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ARTIST ARCHIVE
Tara Sabharwal
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Themes: water color, environment, gender, sexuality, auto-biographical, spirituality, nature, feminism, conceptual Review: Tara Sabharwal creates small miniature type of watercolours, oils, drawings and mixed media pieces. Her works, based on a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, show the influences not only from Indian mythology but also from European artists such as Much, Redon and Chagall, Bosch and Goya. As they are all about memories, dreams and illusions, things in her works are not defined by solid boundaries but "built up with marks which are tentative and nervous or fluid and sweeping so that the compositions convey a sense of openness and immediacy." Tara herself described the process of her art making as "having the wonder and abandonment of play, but also the desperation of escape." (Press Release of the Exhibition, Tara Sabharwal: Paintings & Drawings at Sunderland Art Gallery) E. Alkazi mentions on theme the artist mostly deals with that "the absence of a sustaining faith; the breakdown of family ties; the collapse of moral values; the tearing apart of the social fabric, breed a sense of purposelessness, of the futility of human endeavor. They lead to the dismemberment of society, and the disfigurement of the individual psyche." (Art Heritage) Critics have described her work as " These are vulnerable paintings, composed of a raw tissue, at times harsh and nervous, at times delicate and intimate. Tara's pictures explore the countries of the mind - regions of reverie, enchantment, alienation and uncertainty."(S. Brown, Art News) "Sabharwal's dense watercolours make a intense and intricate impact %D0 with cultural roots in India and Europe, her pictures dance with mythological symbolism and emotional undercurrents."(Peter Inch, Art Review) Available research materials on this artist in the AAAC Archives are invitation cards, a poster of the artist's solo exhibition, a catalog, press releases and reviews written by numerous critics and curators. | |||||||||
