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Belonging: Stories of Contemporary New Zealand Asian Artists: Group Exhibition

Past exhibition
1 - 31 August 2024 Bergman Gallery, Auckland
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Rhea Maheshwari, Celestial Portal, 2024

Rhea Maheshwari New Zealand | India, b. 1993

Celestial Portal, 2024
acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in
90 x 60 cm
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In this series of paintings Rhea re-imagines memories from her childhood in India, the artist exploring a non-dual world where she communes with her divine and animal nature simultaneously. Rhea...
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In this series of paintings Rhea re-imagines memories from her childhood in India, the artist exploring a non-dual world where she communes with her divine and animal nature simultaneously. Rhea use’s tools of Euclidean geometry to map relationships between symbols of personal significance within a kaleidoscopic tapestry expressing a union between mind and body.




Rhea also uses cartesian mapping tools to create geometric order, upon which she adds organic elements, like flowers, human figures, animals and mythical deities that inform her visual vocabulary. Her practice takes inspiration from several traditions, such as Mughal miniatures from the 17th and 18th centuries, Buddhist and Tantric traditions of mandala-making, and 18th-century European Romanticism.


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