"Disappearing Staircases" a solo exhibition of drawings by Shalini Arora at Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate > 11am to 8pm on 15th to 18th January 2015

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Time : 11:00 am - 8:00 pm Add to Calendar 15-01-2015 11:00:00 18-01-2015 20:00:00 68 "Disappearing Staircases" a solo exhibition of drawings by Shalini Arora Event Page : http://goo.gl/H50wuF Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003 DD/MM/YYYY - Exhibition on View

Entry : Free

Venue : Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre
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Event Description : Disappearing Staircases is a solo exhibition by Shalini Arora and consists of abstract, spare, line-based drawings in ink on paper with a largely black grey and white palette and controlled colour. The title reflects her fascination with staircases which she sees as a metaphor for mystery and the unknown.

These drawings fuse the artist's spatial explorations with her interest in Buddhist thought and the minimalism of Japanese ink drawings. She is inspired by their aesthetic of `emptiness’-where the empty blank space of the paper is as important as what is drawn.

The work shows her love of geometry and architectural drawings. While some attempt to capture her experience of a place, others play with spatial illusion - impossible structures, floating spaces with no beginning or end, staircases that lead apparently nowhere…


Shalini Arora is an artist who trained as an architect from SPA, Delhi and CEPT, Ahmedabad from where she graduated in 1997. Her research thesis was published by CEPT. She practiced architecture for many years and has worked with Charles Correa and Rajesh Renganathan. Over the last few years she has devoted herself entirely to art with a focus on drawing. She lives and works in Delhi. 

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