It’s
deceptive… It looks like it could only have been constructed using
a JCB or other heavyweight lifting mechanism. But I had a big
surprise when Supriya Pava explained to me that her latest sculpture
is as light as a feather. Well, not a feather, but it contains
Thermocol, so lifting its parts into place was actually easy.
Supriya
is a SAVI volunteer with Auroville Art Service and is proposing to
join Auroville. She previously lived in New York, where she was a
professional photographer, but some four years ago she abandoned
photography and began to explore her other artistic interests, in
particular sculpture, painting and writing. This sculpture at the
Solar Kitchen is by no means her first – though her first completed
one in Auroville – but is typical of her work, which consists of
large shapes that lend themselves to becoming what the observer wants
them to be.
“I
am an artist,” says Supriya, “whose main area of interest is
Upcycling Art. When I look at pieces of tra...
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