New Work by Panchali Sheth Presented by The Corporate Vault throughout May at the 3 Stories Exhibition
Featured at Tom Dunne Gallery - 11 Little Burton St Darlinghurst 4th - 31st May 2010.
The recent paintings of Contemporary Abstract Expressionist artist, Panchali Sheth, explode on the surface of the canvas like spontaneous manifestations of energy in a parallel universe.
Just as ancient Vedic philosophy attempts to describe the microcosmic and macrocosmic streams of consciousness that make manifest our existence, Sheth’s paintings suggest nothing less ambitious.
Trained in the Western tradition of painting as an Indian born, Australian artist, Sheth is exploring the unquantifiable nuances of childhood memory that revisit her and demand expression. An upbringing in Bombay, India has become the subject of her artistic pilgrimage and the tension that drives the potency of her paintings is the urge to reconcile her past with her present life in Australia.
We are taken on sensual, energetic forays into glimpses of a cultural heritage steeped in history and mysticism. Sheth openly embraces a ritualistic process when embarking on her painterly process. Textures are laid onto the linen canvas in ritual preparatory manner and then the dance of a frenzied, pigment laden brush begins. This energetic technique invokes a sense of ecstasy and shamanistic consciousness.
In ‘Between the essence - Triptych’ Sheth spills pigments like magical powders and vials of saffron in explosions of colour. The frenzy of midsummer heat and religious festival is conveyed and yet this work holds a sublime and beautiful stillness. The vacuous space between matter may well hold the energetic seeds of a universe, or a new life…
‘A Visit to the Temple’ is an almost Baroque invocation of the dark mystery of an ancient building lit only by a candle. The manifestation of light in the darkness holds so much portent as the red of blood and the yellow of sulphur bring even aroma to this mysterious glimpse into the past.
A Visit to the Temple - Panchali Sheth Oil on Canvas 30 x 30cm (c) Sheth 2010
For a complete preview of the exhibition: http://www.thecorporatevault.com.au/Vault/Events.html or visit the Gallery each day from 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday or by appointment by calling 1300 210 911.
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