Fluid Conversations

Artists: Parvathi Nayar and Prajakta Potnis
Discussant: Amrita Gupta Singh

March 27, 2015 | 6.30 pm
Studio X, Mumbai

Parvathi Nayar’s uniquely hybrid work examines the narratives of spatial relationships: both the internal spaces within our bodies, and the external in which we live, and often through the prism of science and technology. By treating her artworks as sites of dialogue where different elements – the scientific and the intuitive, the historical and the contemporary – meet and converse, she encourages viewers to re-experience once-familiar perspectives.

Prajakta Potnis’s work dwells between the intimate world of an individual and the world outside, which is separated sometimes only by a wall. She refers to the wall as a witness to history that has traces of inhabitance embedded within. She tries to contextualize the wall as a membrane through which imperceptible elements pass and affect the psyche of individuals, addressing private and social anxieties.

In Fluid Conversations, the artists will present selected works to introduce their practice and specifically focus on their exciting site-specific installations at the Kochi Biennale 2014-15. Exploring the linkages between inner and outer spaces, the conversation will trace multiple trajectories in their practice that find a resonance in their projects at the Biennale.

Based in Chennai, Parvathi Nayar brings together elements of draughtsmanship, video, photography, sculpture, and painting in her art practice. She received her MFA from Central St. Martins College of Art and Design (UK) on a Chevening scholarship and has exhibited widely. Her latest work, ‘The Fluidity of Horizons’ is an installation of drawings and sound at the Kochi Biennale 2014-15.

Prajakta Potnis is based in Mumbai and her practice encompasses painting, site-specific sculptural installations, and public art interventions. Her work has shown across a range of platforms, and her latest solo show, ‘The Kitchen Debate’ (2014) was held at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. This sculptural installation travelled to the Kochi Biennale 2014-15, embedding itself in the local context of Kerala.

Admission free and open to all.