Bridges catalogue

ASHWINI BHAT

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My journey as an artist has been a vigorous interrogation of form. I have a background in literature, in translation and in classical dance. Now I gather shapes from the world aroundme, from travel, and frommy journeys through books. I also look inside myself for forms and I translate those into bodies of clay. My work expresses my engagement with the materials themselves. I have mostly learnt to know myself as a ceramic artist from my mistakes. I want my ceramic work to enter into the lives of its viewers, emerging, resurfacing, and turning them away from habits of perception. And I want the work to be convincing to me.

ashwini@ashwinibhat.com www.ashwinibhat.com +919790582963

Into the Mouths of Volcanoes, 2014, 61 cm dia. x 13 cm