Ajit Chauhan "Staring at the Sun"
Jack Hanley
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Ajit Chauhan, first solo show in New York, features video, installations and drawings which evoke the traditional imagery of his parents’ native India with a sharp contemporary edge.
Intricate, richly detailed, and delicately drawn in black and sepia ink on recycled pages, his sketches of hesitant symmetry show the hand at work. While illustrating his belief in the necessity for imperfection to enter the artistic process, Chauhan creates works that defy the notion of completion. His films capture rural life in remote parts of India, where he traveled frequently and extensively.
Departing from narrative-driven documentary form, Chauhan transforms his footage into an expressive compound, in which he superposes animated drawings and juxtaposes unusual scenes, from boats bulging with oddly shaped huts to stray dogs, to faces of idle villagers.
[Ajit Chauhan, Installation view of "Staring at the Sun" at Jack Hanley Gallery, 2008. Courtesy of Jack Hanley Gallery.]
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from March 01, 2008 to April 05, 2008