EXHIBITION ( Video & Paintings ) "Two Birds" by Siri Devi Khandavilli at Open Palm Court Gallery, IHC - 28th Jan to 4th Feb 09

Event Details : US-based Siri Khandavilli juxtaposes material concerns with the 'BIG PICTURE' in a unique show titled 'Two Birds'.
Born in Mysore, Siri Khandavilli is the daughter of N. Lakshminarayan who was a renowned Kannada film director of his times. She migrated to US and studied new media arts, video & 3D modeling at Arizona State University (ASU). Her works have been exhibited at short film festivals in ASU, Harrywood Gallery ,Modified Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH and Art Junction. Currently the artist stays, commutes and creates between India and USA.
Siri Khandavilli is an inter-media artist working in the realms of video art, paintings and installations. About her influence, she says: "Personally, there is an extreme attachment to the worldly, but I do question how important these really are! I call it looking at the 'Big Picture'!"
So while Siri accepts that she, like any other young person of her age, worries about under-eye wrinkles, finances, pollution, global economy et al and yet, as an artist, seeks to transform these concerns onto a canvas that is far more ethereal and metaphysical.
It is her video works, however, that foremost highlight the sensuous and the spiritual quality of her art. Sometimes 'performances for the camera' form the raw footage of her work. The unconventional use of intense colors, space, scale and strange juxtapositions combine to create a mesmerizing effect.
Website : siridevi.com

Place : Open Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre ( IHC ), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
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