Concept
I was stuck in a grim phase of my life where I was besieged by a sea of constantly changing emotions that I fought to gain a semblance of control over. My mind was riddled with doubt about things that I have been practicing and I struggled to understand and recognize them as my own. This persistent attack on my mental and emotional state began to take toil and I felt fatigued and disheartened.
After much time passed, something finally snapped and I decided I had to release all that was built-up within me. I spread out the largest canvas roll I could find and began attacking it in earnest. I flung colors, slashed out lines and threw shapes onto the canvas. Five, ten, fifteen meters and I kept going. I was in a trance. Gradually, the intensity of my assault abated and the forms and colors on the canvas mellowed. Twenty five meters and Catharsis was created.
The experience was like the rain after a sandstorm – all the debris is washed away leaving the sky blue and the air pure. Catharsis was the torrent I unleashed to clear the turmoil within me. The confusion and despair was gone and a new ‘me’ was born.
Installation data
- Actual width of the canvas is 175Cms and about 25 meters long
- Only a small part of the canvas will be on displayed on the wall – about 175cms X 2.5 meters vertically - and the rest of the work will be in folded form on floor in front of the wall as shown in the pictures attached. Space required to show the canvas is 190 X 400 meters approx. (adjustable) in front of the wall.
