Jyoti Bharwani is currently Co-Chair of Students, Artist Resident Trustee and MA Fine Art 2020 graduate.
Untitled, 2020, cast glass painting and sculpture, 55 x 45 x 80 cm
Water Knots (detail), 2020, watercolour on canvas, 15 x 15 cm
In my practice, I use a range of media from large-scale oil paintings and two-dimensional works in cast glass to etchings and sculpture. I draw on Eastern philosophies and New Materialist theories, both of which emphasise the fluid and interdependent connections between humans, material and the planet.
Vasanas of Stone series 1 (detail), 2021, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 cm
Efflorescent Shakti and In a Nutshell (installation shot), 2021, etching and sculpture, 300 x 200 x 150 cm
I use materials with an openness to processes of change and chance. In turn I have found lived experiences of Eastern philosophies such as Tantra’s feminine perspective feed into the materials’ inner make-up through journeys of production. These influences and impressions contribute to the visual and physical qualities of the work revealing levels of buoyancy, transparency, elasticity and motion. Similarly, the theorist Jane Bennett suggests that humans possess the capacity to witness the 'ruckus of things'. This heightened perception can sense forms of intelligence in other entities and systems such as fine-water spray and discarded trash. I harness this receptivity with the aim of making work with a less human-centred emphasis.
Vasanas of Stone series 1(installation shot), 2021, oil on canvas and sculpture, 300 x 400 x 150 cm
Vasanas of Stone series 2 (detail), 2021, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 x 15 cm
I aim to highlight ideas of boundaries and control within the materials’ relationships. with an intention to make works that draw attention to the vital materiality present in reality which we have little control over, but are wholly part of.
Jyoti Bharwani is currently Co-Chair of Students, Artist Resident Trustee and MA Fine Art 2020 graduate.
Untitled, 2020, cast glass painting and sculpture, 55 x 45 x 80 cm
Water Knots (detail), 2020, watercolour on canvas, 15 x 15 cm
In my practice, I use a range of media from large-scale oil paintings and two-dimensional works in cast glass to etchings and sculpture. I draw on Eastern philosophies and New Materialist theories, both of which emphasise the fluid and interdependent connections between humans, material and the planet.
Vasanas of Stone series 1 (detail), 2021, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 cm
Efflorescent Shakti and In a Nutshell (installation shot), 2021, etching and sculpture, 300 x 200 x 150 cm
I use materials with an openness to processes of change and chance. In turn I have found lived experiences of Eastern philosophies such as Tantra’s feminine perspective feed into the materials’ inner make-up through journeys of production. These influences and impressions contribute to the visual and physical qualities of the work revealing levels of buoyancy, transparency, elasticity and motion. Similarly, the theorist Jane Bennett suggests that humans possess the capacity to witness the 'ruckus of things'. This heightened perception can sense forms of intelligence in other entities and systems such as fine-water spray and discarded trash. I harness this receptivity with the aim of making work with a less human-centred emphasis.
Vasanas of Stone series 1(installation shot), 2021, oil on canvas and sculpture, 300 x 400 x 150 cm
Vasanas of Stone series 2 (detail), 2021, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 x 15 cm
I aim to highlight ideas of boundaries and control within the materials’ relationships. with an intention to make works that draw attention to the vital materiality present in reality which we have little control over, but are wholly part of.