Infinite Ideas

The very name of the show suggests something of a geometrical nature. The French word ‘meridien’,of course,conjures up images of lines,and the works of Bindu Mehra and Amina Ahmed best fit this image. The former,a Canadian artist of Indian origin,has produced works made entirely of hot glue for this show. One,titled 1363170 Seconds,was made in as many seconds as the name suggests,and is just a single unbroken thread of glue — one end of which hangs from the ceiling leading into a large coil that sits on the floor. Ahmed,on the other hand,has contributed works made using,among other things,thread and pins. Extending from one pin to the next,the thread forms geometrical shapes.

The works of Seher Shah and Fariba Salma Alam,both of whom are based in New York,are image-based,but appear to deal with very different ideas. Shah’s works — a set of eight prints titled Cluster,for instance,contain a number of geometric shapes and are almost architectural in nature. Worlds apart,Alam’s works dwell on religion — Islam in particular. “Religious and secular allegories — with themes of migration,travel and fantasy — often inhabit my narrative influences,” she writes. A work consisting of seven tiles placed in a line,titled The Night Journey,references,“The parable of the Night Journey or Mir’aj,in which the prophet Mohammed takes a mystical voyage from Mecca to Jerusalem riding a creature half-angel,half-horse.”

Perhaps most captivating are the works of Nandita Kumar. Cleverly juxtaposing the natural with the unnatural,she comments on the “naturalness” of technology today. In two glass jars are sculptures made entirely from objects such as computer chips,batteries,copper and printed circuit board components — all unnatural,mechanical objects. On a closer look,they form trees and other small plants. For added emphasis,the work is accompanied by an audio clip — with sounds of birds chirping,whales mating and other similar natural occurrences — playing on loop.

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