SAREENA ​KHEMKA

fragmentsofearth1 fragmentsofearth1detail3 IMG_20220823_160505 copy Future relics (1) Detail view 2 Detail of stone front view Future relics (1) side view Future relics (1) Detail view 1 Detail of back stone with grown copper sulphate crystals. Future relics (1) Back view Resin on cement with scrap metal, metal dust, ink and grown copper sulphate crystals. Installation size: 11.5" x 10" x 8"x 1" (approx.) Future relics (1) Detail view 3 Detail of stone back view grown copper sulphate crystals, resin, ink and metal dust on cement. Future relics (1) Detail view 4 Detail of grown copper sulphate crystals Future relics (2) Detail view 2 resin on casted cement with found tile and pigment powder Future relics (2) Detail view 3 resin on casted cement with ink and metal dust Half- built spaces, crumbling structures, live on after us as fragments reminding us of the loss of perfection. Construction sites that at times remain always in progress, abandoned, in the hopes of being completed someday. In such spaces, various forms of growth merge and overlap with built environments creating unusual landscapes that combine the natural and manmade, seeping into the cracks atop many surfaces to regenerate and preserve parts, while others deteriorate. These mixed media pieces seek to map out, forms of biological and manufactured environments, that fall within the gaps of dichotomous thoughts between construction and destruction, temporality and permanence, organic and the inorganic; specific to no particular geographical area, merging layers of multiple metropolitan cities that can be rearranged in diverse configurations, making it adaptable to multiple ways of seeing. The stark dichotomy of urban landscapes are visible within the glitzy modernised buildings of today that stand in contrast to the architectural and material decomposition seen within cities. Images of construction and unfinished, demolished or derelict edifices are not unique to a particular city or space, but a common feature in the face of urban sprawl. Robert Smithson , an American painter wrote that ruins are ‘dynamic’ calling them ‘dialectical landscapes’ that are deep-rooted in the ‘geological past and a catastrophic future,’ where, these spaces are stuck somewhere in the middle of building and decaying, hence creating modern relics that do not follow a specific chronological time, as they belong to both the past and the future. Cities like nature have a life cycle, where they germinate, grow, flourish, explode and then start to wither, crumble, deteriorate and eventually either die or regenerate. Similarly all objects even if they hold no inherent value in our present, eventually evolve to a new version of itself, becoming relics given enough time, begging the question of what is of vital significance in our present-day to preserve and what is to be left to take its natural course. As an ever expanding metropolis, these works are not only reminiscent of the loss and the pathos of decay and desolation but also give the hope of growth and regeneration, in turn compelling the viewer to interpret the city from varied perspectives. Future Relics Of Pasts Forgotten Bangalore Design Week 2018, Site specific installation Future Relics : Installation Image Future Foundations, Walk-in Studio, ( Bangalore, 2019) Right View Future Relics : Installation Image Left View Future Relics Of Pasts Forgotten Detail 1 Detail of Led lights embedded in casted resin and cement stones and resin pillars. Future Relics : Installation Image Future Foundations, Walk-in Studio, ( Bangalore, 2019) Right View 1/5 Installation image, 'Future Foundations', (group show) Walk-in Studio, 2019 Bangalore (Slide to see more)

sareena khemka biography RESUME EDUCATION Bachelor of Fine Arts 2007 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, U.S.A & 2004 Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati Univ. Santiniketan, India 2006 Painting & Drawing Studio, International School of Painting, Drawing & Sculpture, Umbria, Italy 2001- '02 Painting & Drawing Studio, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India EXHIBITIONS 2019 ‘Future Foundations: Time & Space ,’ Immersive installation, Walk-in Studio, Bangalore, India 2018 ‘Art Exhibit ’, India Story, Kolkata, India 2018 ‘Build & Grow ,’ Urban art & science lab & sculptural installation, Bangalore Design week, India 2017 'Once Upon a time in Black & White ,' Art Centrix Space, New Delhi, India 2016 ‘Introspective Revelation s,’ Gallery Veda, Chennai, India 2016 ‘Scape & Scope ,’ Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, India 2015 India Art Fair Co - Lateral Show, Art Konsult, New Delhi, India, India 2014 ‘Mapping Detours ,’ Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata, India (group show) 2012 ‘Allegories’ , Art Konsult, New Delhi, India (group show) 2010 SAARC Art Show, Tarayana Art Center & Centennial Hall, Thimpu, Bhutan (group show) 2007 Undergraduate Exhibition, G2 Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, U.S.A (group show) 2006 ‘Cities Apart ,’ Genesis Art Gallery, Calcutta, India (solo show) 2006 Student Show, International School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, Italy (group show) FAIRS/ FESTIVALS/AUCTION 2015 Art & Deal inaugural auction, Metropolitan hotel, New Delhi, India 2014 Art Bengaluru, Bangalore, India 2014 ‘Deep Skin: Skin Deep ,’ curated by Mayank Mansigh Kaul, Art Chennai, India 2013 United Art Fair, curated by Peter Nagy, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India 2012 'The Human Spill, ' (sculptural installation) Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai, India RESIDENCY/ART CAMP 2016 Piramal Art Residency, Mumbai, India 2013 Space 118, Mumbai, India 2010 Space 118, Mumbai, India 2011-12 Space 118, Mumbai, India 2010 SAARC Art Camp, Tarayana Art Center, Thimpu, Bhutan 2010 - present 2010 - present

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Excavating Dust, Debris & Desolation 31” X 8” X 7” Mixed Media Sculptural Installation (lit image) Bangalore 2018 Excavating Dust Debris & Desolation Mock image of site specific installation. Maximum Size : 10 Ft. x 10 Ft. Excavating Dust, Debris & Desolation Naturally Lit Excavating Dust, Debris & Desolation Front & back view Excavating Dust, Debris & Desolation Detail 1 of led lighting the resin Excavating Dust, Debris & Desolation Detail 2 Excavating Dust, Debris & Desolation Detail 3 Casted from a section of an old capital sourced from a demolisher, this piece that was originally made in wood and hand carved was covered in layers of synthetic paint, in a state of decay eaten by termites when found, belonging perhaps to an old house in Bangalore. Reminiscent of old architecture, heritage and craftsmen-ship, this piece draws upon the nostalgia of that history and transforms it into an object that belongs in the future, by preserving and regenerating it. As a site-specific installation it would resemble an excavation site with components of crumbling pillars and parts of the same piece cast in resin and cement that glow and shimmer hidden within mounds of silica and metal dust that form the debris. Having a element of discovery and mystery attached to the unearthing this contemporary relic, the work is presented as an archeological site of the future, elevating the piece and gives it a new narrative of a contemporary relic. Excavating dust, debris & desolation Excavating Dust : Detail of light emitting from sculpture seen from two different angles.

Fragmented Landscapes Mixed media drawing on casted cement, terracotta tiles and natural stone. 6 Ft. x 2.5 Ft. approx. Variable Sizes. ( Bangalore 2019 ) Fragmented Landscapes Mixed media drawing on casted cement, terracotta tiles and natural stone. 6 Ft. x 2.5 Ft. approx. Variable Sizes. ( Bangalore 2019 ) 1/1 Constructed, broken and re-constructed spaces come together in this puzzle like form of 3-dimensional sculptural drawings. This work reflects the landscape of an urban city that is constantly building, reshaping and joined together similar to a map when seen from a distance forming a network of connected structures using asymmetrical shapes, depicting an ordered chaos. The organic drawings flowing across the stones are derived from studies of decay and are interspersed with shimmering colours of copper that seeps into many of the works representing the contradictory relationship between lustrous new facades that degenerate and transform overtime in urbanised cities. Using casted stones of cement contrasted with terracotta floor tiles used in houses , this work represents the fragility of these built environments. Fragmented Landscapes Fragmented Lanscapes Installation Video Fragmented Landscapes Detail 1 Left to right View Fragmented Landscapes Detail 2 Front view Fragmented Landscapes Detail 12 Fragmented Landscapes Detail 1 Left to right View 1/12 Fragmented Landscapes: Detail Images (Slide to see more) Click on the image to enlarge and know more.

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