Curated by Jyoti A Kathpalia
14 Nov 2024 to 27 Nov 2024, 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Galerie Romain Rolland
Alliance Française de Delhi
72, K.K. Birla Lane, Lodhi Garden, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi- 110003
To see and create the world not only through the clarifying lens of optical verisimilitude or dominant narratives but also through its fractures and distortions—the fragmentation and coexistence of mythic and contemporary time, the angst and ecstasy of the self, and the myriad reflections and refractions—is the tremendous effort and achievement of Dr Mandakini Devi’s solo exhibition, Fractured and Lensicular curated by Jyoti A Kathpalia. The exhibition Fractured and Lensicular is open for viewing from the 14 Nov 2024 to 27 Nov 2024, 11:00 am to 7:00 pm at Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Française de Delhi 72, K.K. Birla Lane, Lodhi Garden, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi- 110003
Prof Andrew Bick, Professor of Contemporary Art, University of Gloucestershire will be the chief guest and inaugurate the exhibition giving his insights into the digital and mixed media artworks of Dr Mandakini Devi. The exhibition will also have art talk and workshops on digital, lens-based art. In India, this is an exciting field that remains largely underexplored, offering vast potential for innovation and engagement.
Prof Andrew Bick, Professor of Contemporary Art, University of Gloucestershire will be the chief guest and inaugurate the exhibition giving his insights into the digital and mixed media artworks of Dr Mandakini Devi. The exhibition will also have art talk and workshops on digital, lens-based art. In India, this is an exciting field that remains largely underexplored, offering vast potential for innovation and engagement.
Dr Mandakini Devi takes digital and fine art beyond traditional optical processes or lenticular vision into a realm of self-reflexivity, multilayering and startling minutiae to denote the splits, the fractures that construe another realm of experience that is often hidden behind the perfect image and aesthetics. Mandakini Devi’s subject matter is fascinatingly eclectic, ranging from Indian traditions, art and architecture from ancient times be it the bronze sculptures or the tantric traditions, or images from European Renaissance art and street art all become a part of the complex layers establishing tantalising simultaneities and alternative visualities that challenge linearity. In the words of Dr Mandakini Devi, “Genealogies and the autobiographical seem to unconsciously emerge from my visual presentations be they paintings, lens based or multimedia works….”
Curator Jyoti A Kathpalia says, “Since the effort of the artists is to look at the world through the lens of the self, at one important level then her works – lenticulars and cyanotypes as well as her mixed media artworks are an attempt to rewrite and foreground a different perception of the self and feminine through breakages, fractures, layering and collage.”
Over thirty of Dr Mandakini Devi’s lens-based works – Light Boxes, Lenticular Prints, Cyanotypes, Photobooks and Film will be on display.