Towards the Untaming of the Gardens of our Seas: The Exhibition

Inauguration day pics (click caption)  

The Works (click caption)

A collaborative effort featuring new drawings and watercolour works by Soraya Taher and Mithun Jayaram @ U.B. City, Bangalore.

Location of U.B. City (its 1cm directly under the [A] point),

After entering through the main doors and security checks,

take a right and ride the escalator up one floor.

Date and Timing:

Friday, 19th November (opening day) - 7:00 pm onwards

Saturday, 20th to Friday 26th November (gallery timings) - 11:00am - 8:00pm (Soraya and i will be around this time too... feel free to come join us in conversation, we may be preparing an installation during this time)

Contact:

+91-9448820631

+91-9986580786

Email:

- isleeponthebedimake@yahoo.com

- soraya.safdar@gmail.com

Short bio:

- On Soraya and her new works

- On Mithun and his new works

- A little about us and the title

Links in relation to the works:
- Opening day pics.
- The works showcased.

- Excerpt from, "Preoccupations;Things that artists do" by Cornelia Erdmann and Micheal Lee.

- Link to the Flickr page with more pictures that will be added in time.

- We are on facebook

Acknowledgements


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About Mithun Jayaram

Kerala born and Dubai raised Mithun Jayaram graduated with a Fine Art Honours (1st Class) Degree through LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts(Singapore) in 2004. Upon graduation, he was awarded a scholarship to undertake a research trip to Romania where his experiences were documented and published through LASALLE. He has collaborated with numerous award-winning artists in Singapore and has participated in a number of exhibitions in Singapore and India that have been critically well received.

Mithun's new set of drawings is based on an exercise he imposed upon himself over a six year period, now bound in 18 notebooks. The exercise was for him to use a simple ball-point pen and draw an uninterrupted line without removing the nib from the page of his notebook till satisfied with the form, after which he would shade it where he felt necessary. 

Over the years, the drawings evolved to more complex forms, slowly diverting away from the original strictness while maintaining his love of organic abstractions. This drawing set ends his two dimensional journey as he makes his transition to develop these 2D forms into a series of objects and textural experiments.

Though Mithun finds himself exploring textures and ideas of transience/frailty/recyclability through various mediums, he identifies his art-self with labour-intensive installations that help his audience to re-look common materials (pencils, burnt matchsticks, toothpicks, etc) found in stationary shops and supermarkets or even our homes. The sharing of the art-making experience is what he considers of greater value, than the final product.

Mithun determines the success of such works by the curiosity invoked through the making of his  installations.


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About Soraya Taher

Singapore born and raised Soraya Taher is a BA Honours graduate (2005) of LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore. Her work had been selected and featured in the Best of Singapore Art 2004. Specializing in Graphic Design, she had weaved her skills and her love of children to conduct art programmes for pre-schoolers in Singapore.

She is now a full-time mom raising two children. With the intention of reconnecting herself with the joy of art-making, she has taken this opportunity to create a new set of works. Soraya's process allows for her hand to flow across the paper to create motifs of floral, intricate and fluid abstractions. Her new set of works reflects moments that she spends with her children and family.

One of Soraya's long-term plans is to open an art school for children to help them expand their visual and tactile experience with the world. 

Photography

Speaking of Touch: A growing collection of textures, captured as i experience my homes or cities i walk. The majority of these pictures were taken with a phone camera.

2003-present













Photographing Everyday (A Selection of Polaroid Works)

2003-2006










There are a million souls lost and found... (I get reminded of this script i read called "Masrayana" by William Kovacsik.)

(These seemingly destitute discards were photographed using my myopic mobile phonecam)

2009







Sleepy Things (A collection of resting animals around Bangalore)

2009








Losing my Religion?

Pictures of faded stickers taken from the windshields of auto-rickshaws that i ride in Bangalore.

Its interesting the conversations with drivers that come out of taking these pics and their willingness to talk about god and family.

2009