Nicola Durvasula, Harmony in red, 2008
gouache, ink, tape, collage on paper, 24 x 29 cm
NicolaDurvasula, Untitled, 2008
mud, grass, gouache, 10 x 8 x 2 cm
For her second solo exhibition at Rachmaninoff's Nicola Durvasula shows new drawings and objects. Durvasula is based in England but had a period of living in India, which is reflected in works which seem to refer to traditional Indian forms, creating a hybrid of stylistic, figurative and narrative references. Obviously stylized or formal reference to Indian art--the miniature tradition--is brought into
connection with a tradition in familiarly recent contemporary art that draws material into a more
obviously playful framework for a re-imagining of the possibilities of reference. Both objects and drawings also record a lengthened process of working - Durvasula returns to works over a period of time to add or subtract, her delicate line in drawings occurring as an erasing or overlaying linked with a mastering of time.
Durvasula (born in Jersey, UK 1960) lives and works in Walmer, England. She has exhibited widely in India, USA and France. Recent exhibitions include Life is but a dream, part vii, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 2008 (solo), Three points of View, C.K. Rajan. Nicola Durvasula, Reena Saini Kallat, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, 2008, Static lines and where they take you, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, 2007 (solo), The Acceptance World, Rachmaninoff's, London, 2007.
Nicola Durvasula
Until 8 November
Rachmaninoff's
Unit 106
301 Kingsland Road
London, E8 4DS
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