Entering the Now is Rachna’s first solo show wherein she explores the intertwining emotional threads of merging, separating, and connecting with the self and other. Through her artwork, Rachna finds a new language – a new way of relating while taking a radical step towards change.
This series of paintings is a sampling of the inner transformative work she has been doing for the past three years – combining art making with psychological therapeutic work. In the process she has developed a rich visual and personal vocabulary of the sub-conscious and unconscious impulses that drive her. Her work continues to be informed by her passion to find a different way of relating and being in the world – one that stems from a deeper connection with nature as the other (external, outside our selves), and Nature as the universal yet personal consciousness within. The paradox is alive and kicking!
Connection with self and life finds expression in this abstract series of work. This is Rachna’s first independent step into the world of art, a movement away from cognitive dissonance and towards whole being-ness...
@ THE SHOW
During the exhibition, the artist, along with veteran artist, Surendra Rao, and visiting Belgian artist, Kris Vandenberghe, will work together at the gallery making art, swapping techniques, and sharing the joy of the creative process. It would be our pleasure to have anyone interested to join us in this collaborative artistic space!
Entering the Now
Rarely do emotional threads run parallel in my life…they tend to intersect, overlap, entangle, loop and jump – entwining my being.
Now, the tug of merging, separating, and connecting pull strongly at my entangled existence – vying for attention, breathing room, space…wanting to be seen!
The untying is an unraveling, but not of the disintegrating kind. Rather it is an unfolding, a deciphering, and decoding of the involved self. And as the investigation continues, I follow the threads as they move through my being leading to points of convergence, as parallels never would.
At these points I find myself entering the now, following each movement as it manifests and paints itself on my canvas…
SHOW DETAILS
TITLE: ENTERING THE NOW
DATE: 24 to 29 March, 2014
TIME: 11 am – 7 pm