Gurjeet Singh b. 1994

Works
  • Gurjeet Singh, Black lips, 2023
    Black lips, 2023
  • Gurjeet Singh, Ice cream date, 2023
    Ice cream date, 2023
  • Gurjeet Singh, Party with Bhupen Khakhar, 2023
    Party with Bhupen Khakhar, 2023
  • Gurjeet Singh, They call it oneirophobia (fear of dreams), 2023
    They call it oneirophobia (fear of dreams), 2023
  • Gurjeet Singh, You and Me, 2023
    You and Me, 2023
  • Gurjeet Singh, Golden Tears, 2022
    Golden Tears, 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, keh bhi raha hai, seh bhi raha hai, 2022
    keh bhi raha hai, seh bhi raha hai, 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Lovers (Dream Sequence), 2022
    Lovers (Dream Sequence), 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Lumbi Zuban (to spread gossip), 2022
    Lumbi Zuban (to spread gossip), 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Phelana (from Bodice remains of waste), 2022
    Phelana (from Bodice remains of waste), 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Self Portrait with boogers (after Bhupen Khakhar), 2022
    Self Portrait with boogers (after Bhupen Khakhar), 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Sile Bolna (stitched lips), 2022
    Sile Bolna (stitched lips), 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Untitled, 2022
    Untitled, 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Untitled, 2022
    Untitled, 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Untitled, 2022
    Untitled, 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Untitled, 2022
    Untitled, 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Untitled, 2022
    Untitled, 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Untitled, 2022
    Untitled, 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Untitled, 2022
    Untitled, 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Untitled (Portrait of a Donkey), 2022
    Untitled (Portrait of a Donkey), 2022
  • Gurjeet Singh, Log Kya Bolenge, 2021
    Log Kya Bolenge, 2021
Biography

Chandigarh-based artist Gurjeet Singh (b.1994) makes weird and wonderful soft sculptures inspired by conversations with friends and strangers, in real life and online. The culmination of a process of sketching and working with various found materials are three dimensional works made of a myriad of richly coloured and textured fabrics that come together to form witty, other-worldly and sometimes melancholic creatures.

 

Singh’s first creative inspiration came from watching his elder sisters embroidering and sewing in the house. He also remembers being lost in the Sikh miniatures published in newspapers brought home by his father, wall murals and folk traditions of clay doll-making in Punjab. He would often assist his father with his work of scooter repairs, which gave him a deep understanding of machines and how they work.

 

He works across mediums including sculpture, painting, drawing, sound and performances. He often roams around the local markets and collects imperfect and discarded fabrics, buttons and found materials. He also reuses the scrap fabrics and embroidered borders that are leftover from his sister’s stitching business, and gives them a new life as a work of art. Singh is drawn to defected and discarded textiles that other’s no longer see use in, but that’s precisely what he prefers working with, giving it a new language and form completely. A recurring theme in his work is identity and how losses and love shape them, with a particular interest in LGBTQ+ stories. 

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