Ranjani Shettar
[edit] Born in Bangalore, India in 1977, Ranjani Shettar explores the uneasy intersection of industry and the environment in installations that evoke technology’s encroachment on tradition. Transforming ordinary materials (wax, cotton, mud, PVC pipes, plastic sheeting) into ethereal sculptures that mimic natural structures such as beehives and spider webs, Shettar fuses the mundane with the metaphysical. Whether examining the nature of inhabited space or the confrontation between facts and ideology, Shettar’s intricate works collapse distinctions between art and craft, yet draw liberally from the histories of both. Group exhibitions include J΄en rêve, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France (2005); Landscape Confection, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (2005); and How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (2003).Née à Bangladore (Inde) en 1977, Ranjani Shettar explore l'intersection difficile entre l'industrie et l'environnement dans des installations qui évoquent la superposition effective entre la technologie et la tradition. En transformant des matériaux ordinaires (cire, coton, boue, tubes PVC, morceaux de plastique) en des sculptures éthérées mimant les structures naturelles comme les ruches ou les toiles d'araignée, Shettar fusionne le terre-a-terre et le métaphysique. En examinant la nature des espaces inhabités ou la confrontation entre les faits et l'idéologie, les pièces de Rajani Shettar court-circuitent la distinction entre art et artisanat. Parmi ses expositions collectives : J΄en rêve, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris (2005); Landscape Confection, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, USA (2005); et How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (2003).
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