VANDANA

ABOUT MY PRACTICE

Currently, my main artistic concern revolves around social causes and the juxtaposition of the human condition with issues of violence, disparity between the poor and rich, human suffering, harassment, political mobilization, violence triggers, riots and crass materialism.

To me painting is a synthesis of my feelings and observing struggles, reactions and inspirations to explore the underpinnings of human psyche. My current practice explores personal narratives, psychological processing of everyday socio-political issues and occurrences, people's reactions, and their daily life struggles with the circumstances they live in. I’m a keen and sensitive observer and document the cathartic escapades as observation and experience, and create works that are reflective of and characterize contemporary society. Using the narrative potential of figurative painting. I challenge the viewers and confront them with their innermost feelings. My human figures are a subjective portrait of human psyche that reveals something about the subject, but they are open to many interpretations as they are enigmatic most of the time.

I think art should have the capability to depict everyday reality. Art can be both a positive or negative force and bring about change. However, personally, I believe that a part of artistic practice has a social responsibility towards the audience and in that sense my art thematic can enable the viewers to become aware of crucial social issues, deconstruct social boundaries and thus contribute to a positive change in society.

To find out more about my philosophy, feel free to get in touch.