Gurjeet Singh b. 1994
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Black lips, 2023
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Blue flower, 2023
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Ice cream date, 2023
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Jeebh katna, 2023
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Party with Bhupen Khakhar, 2023
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Scream, 2023
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They call it oneirophobia (fear of dreams), 2023
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Untitled, 2023
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You and Me, 2023
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You can't please all you are enough, 2023
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Dream, 2022
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Golden Tears, 2022
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keh bhi raha hai, seh bhi raha hai, 2022
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Lovers (Dream Sequence), 2022
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Lumbi Zuban (to spread gossip), 2022
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Phelana (from Bodice remains of waste), 2022
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Portrait of a Friend - Lakhi, 2022
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Self Portrait with boogers (after Bhupen Khakhar), 2022
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Sile Bolna (stitched lips), 2022
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Untitled, 2022
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Untitled, 2022
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Untitled, 2022
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Untitled, 2022
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Untitled, 2022
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Untitled, 2022
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Untitled, 2022
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Untitled, 2022
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Untitled (Portrait of a Donkey), 2022
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Log Kya Bolenge, 2021
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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Continuum (after Jitish Kallat)
60 Years of Gallery Chemould | Group Show 14 Sep - 18 Nov 2023To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Chemould Prescott Road, we are delighted to present an exhibition titled 'Continuum' (after by Jitish Kallat) featuring 10 emerging Indian artists, opening on Thursday,...Read more -
This Is What It's Like To Be Fabulous
Chemould CoLab | Gurjeet Singh 10 Nov - 30 Dec 2022Visit the exhibition at Chemould CoLab, 2nd Floor, Sugra Manzil, BEST Marg, Colaba, Mumbai Look at us! Patchworked and embroidered into existence, ready to dance our way out of this...Read more -
Remains of waste
Chemould CoLab x BODICE x India Art Fair 30 Apr - 7 May 2022With an aim to craft a dialogue between a garment and its wearer, every Bodice piece is given movement and character through thoughtful details; something that starts from the make...Read more