Vanshri | fine art cbse class 12 | painting cbse class 12
11 Mar 2018
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Name
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Vanshri
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painter
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Mrinalini Mukherjee
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period :
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Modern
(Contemporary)
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Medium
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Natural Fiber
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Circa :
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Circa
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1994 A.D.
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Technique :
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Twisted, knotted and weaved
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Collection
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Nature Morte, New Delhi
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DESCRIPTION
This is a unique artifact
sculpture prepared through weaving and making knots methods of the
multi-coloured ropes which have been prepared with hemp or natural fiber or
fibers. Vanshree is known as a goddess of Production. This is in hanging form
installed in Nature Morte, New Delhi.
Artist—Mrinalini Mukherjee
(1949-2015). Mukherjee
was one of the Indian contemporary artists who has created more than ninety
works using different mediums like hemp rope, ceramics and bronze over the past
four decades. Mukherjee forged herself as a distinct esthetic artist. She tied
up the rope in knots. Fashioned out of twisted hemp and rope, these totemic
creatures appear grotesque yet magnificent, powerful yet benign. Similarly, her
fiber pieces Pakshi, 1985; Devi, 1982; and Vanshri, 1994, are reminiscent of
yakshas, or nature spirits, depicted in Asian temple sculptures.
Mrinalini Mukherjee was born in
1949 in Bombay (Mumbai). She studied painting at M.S. University, Baroda during
1965 to 1970. She completed her post Diploma in mural design in 1972 and during
this period she started experimenting with natural fibers as a medium. So, she
was best known for her sculptures using knotted hemp fibre and cast bronzes. In
1971, she received a British Council Scholarship for sculpture and worked at
West Surrey College of Art and Design, U.K.. Mukheijee has participated in many
distinguished group show and sole exhibitions. She was invited by the Museum of
Modern Art at Oxford to exhibit her sculptures. She has also participated in an
International Workshop in Holland in 1996.
question
for practice
1.
‘Vanshri’ is a sculpture having distinct features. What do you think
about it?
2.
Mrinalini Mukherjee was a sculptor who used different mediums in her
artwork. Explain some artefacts made by her and she used different mediums in
it.