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Shivani Aggarwal

  • India (b. 1975 in New delhi)
  • Currently in New Delhi, India.

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Half knit

Half knit

  • 2012
  • 12 x 12 inches
  • this work is a set of 8 images , each image is the size mentioned

  • The threads, throbbing with life create intricate, swirling patterns, They twist and turn infinitely into a cycle of decay and repair. The knitting needles try aimlessly to knit these threads but leave them undone
  • wounded instruments - thumbnail Transient Threads - thumbnail Entangled 2 - thumbnail undoing - thumbnail Uncut - thumbnail Half knit - thumbnail

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    Thread paintings (series of acrylics on canvas) | 2008 - 2013

Images of jumbled, entangled threads on canvas. The ‘thread’ sometimes symbolizes the social fiber and at other times, draws reference to the blood vessels or the umbilical chord. The threads, throbbing with life create intricate, swirling patterns, which are both shocking and compelling. They twist and turn infinitely into a cycle of decay and repair,