Yardena Kurulkar b. 1971
The repose of the night does not belong to us, 2023
Saunders water colour paper
Colour pigment used for tablets, capsules and syrups
Colour pigment used for tablets, capsules and syrups
71.5 x 53.2 x 2 in
135.1 x 181.6 x 5.1 cm
135.1 x 181.6 x 5.1 cm
Staining large sheets of paper With the pigment for pain Killers of sleepless nights Offering relief to the body... Merging with water, creating patterns, The fluidity of sleep... inviting the...
Staining large sheets of paper
With the pigment for pain
Killers of sleepless nights
Offering relief to the body...
Merging with water, creating patterns,
The fluidity of sleep...
inviting the pigment to find its form
in the stillness that follows movement.
Settling into its own organic patterns...
A gentle rocking motion, the swaying of a cradle
A sense of lull as if being coaxed into sleep.
Tessellated meshes of my brain
unravelled and flattened onto this surface.
Over these colours...layer over layer...
A line oscillating between wakefulness and slumber
Between conscious and nonconscious...
Exploring the twilight spaces between wakefulness and slumber, Between darkness and light....
With the pigment for pain
Killers of sleepless nights
Offering relief to the body...
Merging with water, creating patterns,
The fluidity of sleep...
inviting the pigment to find its form
in the stillness that follows movement.
Settling into its own organic patterns...
A gentle rocking motion, the swaying of a cradle
A sense of lull as if being coaxed into sleep.
Tessellated meshes of my brain
unravelled and flattened onto this surface.
Over these colours...layer over layer...
A line oscillating between wakefulness and slumber
Between conscious and nonconscious...
Exploring the twilight spaces between wakefulness and slumber, Between darkness and light....