Vedika Rampal
Bachelor of Fine Arts/Arts
Vedika Rampal, Residues, 2022. Acrylic on cotton muslin, metal, nylon, hessian, bale, jute, clay, wood. 2.2 x 2.2 x 3.8m. Image courtesy: the artist.
Artist statement
Residues is a material inquiry into the interconnected relationship between communal violence and communal rape in rural post-Partition South Asia. The large-scale installation artwork exists in a constant state of becoming as wet fabric panels, suspended over bale-filled hessian bags, fade and harden over time. The work attempts to both sensorily and temporally emulate a site which depicts the aftermath of massacre, confronting viewers with the sexual and gendered violence inherent to such conflicts.Â
Instagram: vedika_rampal
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