dhruvi acharya

Solitary Moment, Surrounded Mind
16 - 30 Nov

What is real? And what exists solely in our mind? And what came first … our realities or our perceptions? Are our perceptions less real than our reality? Or is it the other way around?

The paintings in this exhibition focus on the poetic moments in one's psychological struggle with oneself. Our surrounded minds get less and less capable of anchoring themselves in stillness. These moments of stillness, of static energy, form the inspiration for the works in this exhibition.

The artist applies personal, ancient and pop-culture symbols and metaphors to create narratives in a world where thoughts and imaginations are as visible as the "reality." Informed by her experiences and dreams, by events and philosophies, her paintings explore the concepts of speech and communication, solitude and loneliness. Influenced artistically by Indian miniature paintings, contemporary comic books and the Japanese Superflat movement, her narrative paintings are a fusion of artistic genres. The paintings also reflect the psychological melee caused by the balancing acts in life as a painter and as a mother.