Ranjani shettar biography
- Ranjani Shettar (born 1977) is a.
- Ranjani Shettar (b.
- Ranjani Shettar is a visual artist from Bengaluru, India known for her large-scale sculptural installations.
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Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar (born 1977) combines natural and industrial materials—such as beeswax, wood, organic dyes, vegetal pastes, lacquer, steel, and cloth—in her large-scale installations. Typically composed of numerous non-representational forms, Shettar's immersive environments are inspired by her observations of the now-threatened natural environs of rural India.
For Seven ponds and a few raindrops (2017), the artist molded pieces of stainless steel into a series of sensual, curved, amoebic, shape-shifting elements that have been covered in tamarind-stained muslin. Suspended from the ceiling, the work seems to defy gravity, casting a series of mesmerizing shadows, which, from a distance, evoke the sense of having stumbled upon a surreal, hidden-away oasis.
"Affirms [the artist's] ethical and aesthetic commitment to the natural world" —Architectural Digest India
". . . pays homage to the artist's cultural history, while simultaneously acknowledging its inextricable relationship to the land that produced it." —ArtAsia An abstractionist, Ranjani Shettar is known for her nature-inspired large-scale installations and her attention to the delicate interactions between material and space. She combines industrial materials with natural elements and uses local craft traditions to suggest the uneasy and fragile coexistence of nature with technology and industry with tradition. Born in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Shettar obtained a BFA in sculpture from the College of Fine Art, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru, in 1998, followed by an MFA in sculpture from the Chitrakala Institute of Advanced Studies in 2000. In 2006, she attended an artist residency at ArtPace in San Antonio, Texas, after which she exhibited extensively in the United States. Shettar’s work reflects her abiding fascination with the natural environment, particularly in rural Karnataka, where she grew up. She uses a range of commonly found everyday materials — such as beeswax, cotton, sawdust, mud, tamarind kernel paste, clay, lacquered wood, resin, India Ink, PVC, silicone and metal — to create surreal forms that evoke natural form Gratefully built with ACNLPatternTool Various artists/makers Not on view Shettar uses a variety of materials and techniques—including etching, screenprint, woodcut, and laser cut—to create images that evoke the sixteen phases of monsoon season and the aspects of Indian astronomy credited with governing the annual events. Dramatic tonal contrasts recall darkening skies and bursts of sunlight, while brightly colored floral motifs refer to lush vegetation. The constellations, based on ancient Indian star charts, are represented in patterns that correspond to the six-month monsoon period. This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded. This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded. This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded. This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded. This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded. This image cannot be enlarged, viewed a
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