MADHURI

Sculpture for me is an attempt to understand better and realise more completely what form and shape are about and to react to forms in life. Initially in 2001 I started experimenting in sculpture using scrap metal. Savouring the possibilities of expression, unlike paintings sculpture offers viewers the joy of viewing works from all around. If this attribute is explored in its entirety, it transforms an object that offers continual, changing and never- ending surprise and engagement. Everything-from scrap metal to elements of nature-can offer a start for a new idea. My fascination with making sculptures involves a process of working with different modes, materials and methods and turning them around in diverse manifestations. It revolves around matter and structure, inanimate and animate forms, past and present, dead and alive, fact and fiction, and presence and absence. The work captures ideas and events in a scale and vision which extends beyond the wall, stretching onto the floor and up to the ceiling in multiple dimensions. The innovative works of recycled found objects is transformed to life again and illuminates the narrative not only for the viewer but also rekindles the artist’s mind. The re- incarnated in-your-face & fun-filled naïve art of incredible mystic creations helps to bring into focus, the imperative concern about depleting natural resources into a live arena for wider public engagement. These odds and ends ignite thoughts that go on to initiate a thread of creativity. I continue to enjoy sculpting in periods of taking a break from working on canvases. I refresh my creative energies creating metal and fibre glass works too. Most sculptures do not reveal themselves at first glance but presents us some obscurities and further meanings eventually.