Hemali bhuta biography of barack

In her ‘place specific’ compositions, Hemali Bhuta assembles elements that are oftentimes altered works from her previous exhibitions, as well as reused or discarded materials.

Interaction and process with the chosen materials are usually favored to create forms that carry the promise of transformation and disappearance, forms that become space through the artist’s intervention.

One of the works to be presented, Infinite time Rocks the earth, the ebb and flow of the tide The world turns is a vast piece of fabric made out of uneven light pink dye cotton strips sewn together.

The pink dye comes from lac, a resin secreted by the female lac insect, that is employed in the manufacture of objects, sealants and varnishes. These strips were previously used to extract the resin in Jharkhand (India) where the artist traveled several times these past months.

Underlying this gigantic resting piece is the hazardous and labor-intensive process of removi