Gigi Scaria; Dust, 2013; Inkjet print; 100 x 150 cm; © Courtesy the artist
Melbourne: Delhi-based artist Gigi Scaria will hold his first major solo exhibition in Australia at the Ian Potter
Museum of Art with new photographic work revealing a strong connection between the Australian and
Indian continents.
Scaria’s new work has been conceived and inspired following cultural exchange programs with the
Australia India Institute in Jaipur and as Macgeorge Fellow at the University of Melbourne in 2012 where
he exhibited Prisms of Perception at the Ian Potter Museum of Art.
The new body of work reflects Scaria’s response to Australia’s vast landscapes and the inspiration to
explore the geographic diversity within his own country.
Through a series of new video works, photographs and painting, Dust presents large scale images of salt
lakes and expanses of desert not immediately recognisable as India. The place is Kutch, a district in the
far western state of Gujarat, near the border with Pakistan, where much of India’s salt is farmed.
Scaria creates an immersive experience which explores the awe and simplicity of landscape, the impact of
time and human habitation and the ability of place to shape emotions.
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