Chaumasa: Four Months of Monsoon
SITE GALLERY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS // SEMARI, RAJASTHAN
November 3- November 17, 2020
This exhibition brings together works produced by the artist during Chaumasa, the four-month period of Monsoon, in his village in western India. At this time of the year the assumed boundaries between interior and exterior, and self and environment evaporate as water seeps into walls and moisture permeates skin; the porous concrete becomes the epidermis and walls become the surrounding hills. By reflecting on local architecture, aesthetic and religious practices, and water management systems the show attempts at developing a waterscape of a region where rains are both sacred matter and resource for storage.
Heap//Hill
Rubble (concrete, lime, brick)
66" x 150"
2020
Untitled (talisman)
Piece of Rubble, coconut oil, wood, string
Unspecified dimensions
2020
Fountain of Aether
Water, concrete, pump, fan, painted metal
66" x 150"
2020
Marble quarry at Dhelana
23°58'21.0"N 73°42'49.0"E, Photograph
33" x 51"
2020