Artist Seema Kohli’s current work ‘Heartbeat of Universe’ is an ode to pulsating darkness giving beginning to the glitter of sand, sky or water, to our shrouded ideas, she says. Created utilizing acrylics and inks on canvas with 24-carat gold and silver leaf, the paintings was displayed on the lately concluded Bihar Museum Biennale.
She explains, “The overarching theme of this portray is a commentary on the Karmic Cycle and Vasudhevya Kutumbakam. We’re all just like the branches, leaves, and roots of 1 Common Consciousness which surpasses all biases. We’re all distinctive, completely different, and on the identical time current due to one another. Our interdependence can also be distinctive. I put ahead a distinct model of the common understanding of the Karmic cycle. The concept the tip of the Karmic cycle will put an finish to all of the struggling isn’t the central level. However, by going by way of this life cycle, dwelling life to its fullest with conviction will assist us obtain eternity and salvation.”
Kohli, who follows the idea of the ‘golden womb’ in her artwork, believes that people or every other type of beings have all emerged from the feminine vitality, the identical component that guides all of us. Earlier than being invited to the Bihar Biennale, Kohli offered an exhibition ‘Vut from the Identical Fabric’ at Delhi’s Bikaner Home the place she introduced out embroidered artworks, work, drawings and performances – based mostly on the idea of the female, the golden womb, on which she had been working for six.5-7 years.
Kohli’s work stands out not solely as a result of she presents nature and the girl as one creator but in addition as a result of it strikes the viewer directly – using shiny colors and patterns, the female component, and the amalgamation of nature and beings. She says that the concept behind utilizing shiny colors is the truth that life is stuffed with inspiration and celebrations. “In every single place I look I see color despite the truth that there are some low moments in life. However I really feel that celebrations take them over and create extra compassion and pleasure in our lives.”
Recipient of the Lalit Kala Academi Lifetime Achievement Award for Ladies in 2008, Kohli agrees that she attracts numerous inspiration from mythology and never solely the mythology of a sure sect however completely different mythologies from completely different areas and faiths. On this present (Lower from the Identical Fabric), it’s not mythology that was instrumental, it was poets and the teachings of sufi and bhakti saints that are within the data of individuals.”
Seema’s solo exhibitions have been proven in Brussels, Melbourne, London, New York, Dubai, Singapore, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. She is at the moment engaged on her upcoming solo present and says she’s going to quickly return to her ‘womb’ that’s, her studio to delve into her artwork.
