Pushpamala N - Slide Lecture - Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi: Amrita Sher-Gil National Art Week

To celebrate the birth centenary year of the legendary Indian Artist Amrita Sher-Gil, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi organized Amrita Sher-Gil National Art Week from 18th to 24th February 2013.
Designed and conceived by Diwan Manna, artist and Chairman of Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi along with his team of dedicated workers, 19 eminent artists, art critics, art historians, curators, directors of museums, film makers and editors of art journals participated in this unique Art Week.
Participants included stalwarts such as: Anjolie Ela Menon, S. Kalidas, Pushpamala N, Ashok Vajpeyi, Sheba Chhachhi, Kavita Singh, Mithu Sen, Girish Shahane, Navina Sundaram, Dayanita Singh , Anju Dodiya, Sadanand Menon, Tasneem Mehta, Atul Dodiya, Alka Pande, Bhavna Kakar, Roobina Karode, Vivan Sundaram and Nanak Ganguly.
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Pushpamala N
Beginning her career as a sculptor with an interest in narrative figuration, Pushpamala N. has transitioned, over the past ten years, into casting her own body as various characters and personae in the medium of photo-performance, while working with a variety of photographers. Enriching autobiography with elements of surreal aesthetics and dramatics, the artist's work superimposes layers of humor, femininity, guise, and historicity onto the two-dimensional surface of photographic prints.
In her 'photo-romances' and studio photographs, the artist seduces the viewers through spectacular and elusive narratives, transgressing the limitations of mimetic figural representation while remaining centrally concerned with the narration of the female form. Collectively, Pushpamala's work engages with postcolonial theory and a feminist historical gaze. Recently Pushpamala has been expanding her photographic practice into the medium of experimental short films, live performance and sculptural tableaux, bringing in movement, text and sound to her structured compositions.
Born in Bangalore, Pushpamala studied sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Baroda and currently lives in Bangalore and New Delhi, India. Her work has been shown extensively in India and internationally.

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Having the fortune of her presence as a guide at such close proximity in Bangalore, wish I was also there to witness her in my own city, what a great artist and presentation!