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| 1_Untitled_Mixed Medium (acrylic and ink on postcard) on Paper_12" x 16" |
6th Jan. – 17th Jan. 2020: Pradarshak presents “Khurdura - the textures of a woman” mixed medium paintings by Kirthi Shetty
Drawing strength and inspiration from her immediate surroundings and everyday happenings, young artist Kirthi Shetty has a penchant for introspecting. Spirituality and women play a pivotal role in Kirthi’s paintings. Thus, was born the series ‘Khurdura’ that led her to explore the myriad facets of a woman; zeroing upon just one of them – the veiled quality of a woman, when she chooses not to voice her opinion or her concerns, her angst or even her triumphs… Celebrating this quality, Kirthi paints a series that empathises with a woman via her “unposted letters to the universe”.
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| 3_Untitled_Mixed medium (soft pastels and walnut ink on postcard) on Paper_11" x 16" |
Revisiting the now-almost-forgotten postcard, most of the works are in mixed medium, weaving spiritual texts, poetry, adages written in calligraphy as a method of enhancing the texture; focussing subtly and metaphorically on the images. Textural nuances include the use of typography, calligraphy, maps, decoupage, etc.
Using a monochromatic palette of sepia hues, the artist strives to reproduce the people and places that have inspired her, on the canvas. Each painting in the collection is a culmination of the thousand different decisions, thoughts and feelings infused with spirituality that has produced timeless work possessing both simple elegance and haunting solitude.
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| 6_Untitled_Mixed medium (decoupage texture base and acrylic) on Canvas_ 25" x 25" |
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| 8_Untitled_Mixed medium (charcoal, ink painted on map of Bhuvaneshwar) on Canvas_18" x 36" |
Kirthi has worked within the social development sector for the last 16 years. She has an MSC in Counselling and an MBA in HR and Social Enterprise. In the Art field, she has trained under stalwarts like Mahindra Damle, Venkatesh Dornal and Shyam Udipi. She has trained in Calligraphy under renowned Achut Palav.