• Spring|Summer 2022 Gallery

    Selections from works uploaded by artists to their portfolios on Emergent Art Space during Spring and Summer 2022.  

                                                                                                              
    Gravity of Sky
    Acrylic, conte, charcoal and iron on plywood

    Parul Sharma

    Delhi, India

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    9ft X5ft

    I live in one of the dense areas of Delhi which has multistory buildings and narrow streets. Strolling in these streets leads me to this artwork. When I visit these streets and see upward, I can see a narrowly defined sky from the isles or the buildings are visible in a long lane. This defined sky inspires me to this artwork and it has some metaphorical meanings related to my personal life. I am starting to explore some of the questions from this artwork viz. how much we are surrounded by these urban spaces, and how these kinds of urban spaces are growing rapidly and affecting us physically as well as psychologically. How we came here and where we are going.

    The Gravity of Sky was a part of the group show World Within World Without co-curated by Prima Kurien and Rahul Kumar represented by gallery Art Incept.

    Constant Present I
    Lime, pigments, sand, marble dust and white cement on MDF wood

    Parul Sharma

    Delhi, India

    Drone Day Sound Work by Caitlin Mkhasibe & helo samo
    Charcoal, vegan ink & acrylic paint, chalk, brush, gel pen, masking tape on 300gsm Hahnemuhle paper

    Caitlin Mkhasibe

    Cape Town, South Africa

    Sonic Portrait of the Mountain
    Charcoal, vegan ink, chalk, brush on 300gsm Hahnemuhle paper

    Caitlin Mkhasibe

    Cape Town, South Africa

    Landscape from my memory
    Ink on paper

    Suresh Kumar Singha

    Katwa Purbabardhaman, India

    ‘There Is No Time For Tomorrow’ from ‘Maintaining the Balance’ Project
    Pencil on paper

    Malek Sordo

    Tétouan, Morocco

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    65x50
    'A Confluence of Parts'
    Video still

    Valerie Amani

    Dar es salaam, Tanzania, United Republic Of

    'Memory Portal'
    Multimedia sculpture

    Valerie Amani

    Dar es salaam, Tanzania, United Republic Of

    Chamomile Tea
    Photograph

    Adikinyi Otsomo Kondo

    Nairobi, Kenya

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    "There is no glory in the things that cause you pain. Do not glorify the things that cause you pain. Only glorify how you overcame the pain." - Adikinyi Otsomo Kondo.
    Chamomile tea is a portrait and literary series that looks into mental health illnesses and wellbeing in society from the perspective of the individual, tackling issues like support, acceptance, process and healing. This is a topic that Adikinyi enjoys exploring in her art. Find more on her website, [adikinyi.co.ke].
    The Raw Lifestyle of Hostel Dwellers
    Photograph

    Mpumelelo Buthelezi

    Johannesburg, South Africa

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    One of the Nancefield Hostel ladies named Trudy is spotted with a candle on her head in her room. She says the reason she puts the candle on her head is as a way to deliver herself from the spirit of demons. Picture: Mpumelelo Buthelezi
    The Raw Lifestyle of Hostel Dwellers
    Photograph

    Mpumelelo Buthelezi

    Johannesburg, South Africa

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    Nathi Zungu is one of the local residents living in hostel number 130 NanceField Hostel, Soweto who makes a living by assisting at a local barbershop around the area. Picture: Mpumelelo Buthelezi
    Repercussion
    Oil on canvas board

    arpan chettri

    gangtok, India

    The Painting
    Scrap metal

    George Mubanga

    Lusaka, Zambia

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     This is a view of my village. I love the landscapes and tall trees that should be preserved to give us clean air and a healthy environment.
    Rhino
    Metal

    Asiegbu Collins

    Enugu , Nigeria

    Elephant
    Metal

    Asiegbu Collins

    Enugu , Nigeria

    Frame of Mind
    Acrylic on canvas

    Kiggundu Rodney

    Kampala Uganda, Uganda

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    We cannot control external events which happen to us but we can control our attitudes and responses towards them.
    Follow You
    Acrylic on canvas

    Baishakhi Mehatori

    West Bengal, India

    BGOTS : Hugh Masekela
    Graphic design

    Adikinyi Otsomo Kondo

    Nairobi, Kenya

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    Black Gold Of The Sun : Hugh Masekela - a South African musician and activist. Black Gold of the Sun (BGOTS) is a digital art series where Adikinyi invited you to her world where she interacts with mind opening music, art, political thought and literature from modern black artists. She creates pieces based on the impact that these African and diasporical people as well as tell the stories on how coming into contact with this consciousness has shifted her. You can find more of 'Black Gold Of The Sun' on her behance profile (behance.net/adikinyi) and her website (adikinyi.co.ke)
    Untitled (from 'Men Feel' series)
    Charcoal and acrylic on textured paper

    Daudi Yves

    Lusaka, Zambia

    Head with Red and Yellow
    Digital

    Anirban Mishra

    Kolkata, India

    No Evidence
    Oil on canvas

    Ankur Yadav

    Behror, India

    S/N
    Acrílico sobre papel

    Pablo Robleda

    Rosario, Argentina

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    Abril 2022
    The Only Borders
    Acrylic on canvas

    Sampurna Pal

    kolkata, India

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    'The Only Borders' seeks to pronounce a comment about the unification of humanity as a single unit irrespective of National and Political borders. In the centre, the female figure, inspired by the Renaissance depiction of the "ideal" man by Leonardo da Vinci, is a fantastical personification of the cosmos engulfing and embodying the core of human values. The quotes of two distinct scholars narrate the dialectic of the position of a person; respectively, Carl Sagan and Rohith Vemula, of very different fates and social backgrounds, that I took the liberty to paraphrase slightly to match the composition.
    The two respective comments, one by Sagan, says, 'We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with it. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what is true. We are one species. The cosmos is within us. We are made of star stuff.'; While Vemula's narrative, which is the excerpt from his suicide note, reads, 'Our beliefs colored our originality valid through artificial art. It has become very difficult to love without getting hurt. The value of a person was reduced to their immediate identity and nearest possibility. To a vote. To a number. To a thing. Never was a man treated as a mind. As a glorious thing made up of star stuff.' The two narratives intersect and meet at the words 'Of star stuff'. The painting is informed by real-life documentation of Syrian and Rohingya refugees.
    Animated Postcards 2

    Rajdep Dey

    West Bengal, India

    Animated Postcards 1

    Rajdep Dey

    West Bengal, India

    Many thanks to all the artists that uploaded artwork
    this past Spring and Summer!

     

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