Savitha Ravi
STATEMENT
"Space is everything for time ceases to quicken memory " (Yi-Fu Tuan).
For me, place is something which remains for a longer time frame and the architecture of that specific space has so many significant numbers of stories to delineate for, past about the creation of it, the story of how we are identified with it, the way we relate to it and
how our observations changes with different places. Development of a place influences our life on the everyday bases to which we adjust and change to our very own personal comforts.
My work is about the creation of space. Through my works, I intend to represent a specific ordeal or memory associated with that place, space and at a specific time. Architectural structures and spaces have intrigued me for quite a while. The reiteration of a solitary small structure, multiple times with different circumstances, the pattern of repetition to create an expansive space and structure is something that captivates me. Those repetitive patterns are my tools to create a specific space. I am curious as to how the construction
of the enormous space/structure may have begun and how it changes as the time passes drives me constantly about it. I am influenced and create those spaces where I have been or which have been a part of my life for quite a while and furthermore help me create an imaginary space which I wish to be a part of in real life. My works are always devoid of direct human presence, the explanation behind this, that space/place is there as a lasting permanent structure and the human presence or the event occurred due to the present is the thing that one recalls while alluding to a specific space/place. I always had an interest in old houses and architecture, the patterns that are utilized as a part of constructing them. These houses have numerous stories appended to itself. By painting /drawing these patterns of old houses it resembles adding to their considerable list of stories. It is also a way through which I try to archive the memory.
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EDUCATION
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Under graduation:
2013-2017
Maharaja Sayajirao University , Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Major in Painting with a Minor in Graphics.
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Post graduation:
2017-2019
Maharaja Sayajirao University, Faculty of Fine Arts,Vadodara, Gujarat, India,
Major in Graphic Arts