Bharti kher biography of william
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Mir slip das Leben lieber
- Sammlung Reydan Weiss
Mir ist das Leben lieber - 'Sammlung Reydan Weiss'
Bremen, Germany
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New City, Germany
Astha Butail; Spencer Finch (1962); Bharti Kher (1969); Tahireh Lal; Prabhavathi Meppayil (1965); Sreshat Rit Premnath; Navin Thomas;
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New York, Coalesced States
AA Bronson; Michael Bühler-Rose;
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Shanghai, China
Bharti Kher (1969);
Sandhini Poddar;
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In Bharti Kher’s historic solo exhibition at Nature Morte is a stunning spectacle of a sculptural installation called Animus Mundi. It invites the human gaze and spurs us to think within and without. The nude figure is reminiscent of Venus and the renaissance masters, the hybrid head a visage of ancient literature and mythic moorings. Her words in an interview years ago come swinging back into our minds.
“ All the art that I love comes from the tradition of reduction. When I think about the purest form, it really goes back to the intention of the object and the integrity of the object with its narrative and name.”
The nude figure with an animal head, the feminine form with saris falling, folded in careless and crumpled grace; this sculpture says the whole is more than the sum. Kher’s way of working is at once enigmatic as well as exploratory: she creates after sieving a survey, she looks at objects through the prism of the past, she collects objects so that she can ,transform and conjure conversations. She wants to reposition the viewer’s relationship with the object and succeeds in throwing up a series of deeply disquieting utterly feminine rooted dialogues between the materials she uses as well as the metaphysical pursuits that cloud the horizon of her own intentions an
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Bharti kher (Indian contemporary artist
QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED IN BHARTI KHERS RECENT SHOW "THE HOT WINDS THAT BLOW FROM THE WEST,"(2012) AT HAUSER & WIRTH, NEW YORK.
1.The use of the Bindis, a mystical symbol of the third eye, and some of your other pieces seem to have spiritual connotations. Are you a spiritual person and does this play out in your work?
Ans I think if there is a God it is art. Like most artists, I am actually not spiritual. Most artists believe in the power of the human. People are very powerful; most of them don't know the power of their own mind and what it can achieve. No I wouldn't say I was spiritual. I am more of an anthropologist.
2.How did you first decide to use Bindis, and why did you use this particular kind?
Ans Well they have got this great shape. They look like little sperms but also like snakes. They are actually a symbol of fertility. The story of how I discovered them changes all the time. I just found them and used them in "Spit & Swallow." I thought, 'Wow this has potential.' I was just fortunate that I continued doing it. has allowed me to create a language that is completely my own.
3.How has the use of this medium and its meanings evolved over
4.How important is scale in your work?