This unceasing emergence of the new, an ancient and infinite cycle, is a leitmotif in Amita Makan’s work, and it’s brought to beautiful fruition in Vasant: Spring. Some of the concepts that inform her works – usually reflected or hinted at in the titles of the pieces – draw on ancient Hindu and Buddhist spiritual philosophy, including scriptures from the Bhagavad Gita andthe Upanishads, the epic narrative Mahabharata and the Buddhist Mahayana Sutras, all of which offer guidance and a way of understanding life. In other cases, the titles of the works – Unfulfilled Desires, Loose Ends, Suspended – signify the beauty of life and its transitory nature. ‘My artworks are expressions of a quest to find answers to life experiences,’ says Makan.
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Artist: Amita Makan
Essay by: Tracey Hawthorne
Gallery: Galerie Rosa Turetsky, Geneva, Switzerland
Dates: 1 September 2016 – 7 October 2016
Website (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTAoEtKKU_8
Pages: 26
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