MEGHA JOSHI
Agnostic is made of simple threads that the artist has painstakingly knotted 5-6 times to create a larger knot. These are then stuck in a repetitive gestural action mimicking rituals of focus. Agnostic has empty spaces in the bead pattern - leaving space for the unknown by an atheist.
After the pandemic, there has been a huge world-wide surge in meditation - Religion has failed us. Relationships broke down. Believing in something without the burden of proof is as much a human need as a scientific one.
Increasingly people across the religious spectrum are looking inward to find peace, happiness and harmony. Spirituality has become a basic need.
Repetition, no thought, no mind, focus on a single object and being in the moment– all became the artist’s meditation with material. Strangely, she had been using materials of Hindu ritualism previously and they became her medium of choice. This is her own, unique way to look inward through art.
Exhibitions
India Art Fair 2023
Rite of Passage 2023