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04 February / 12 March 2023
MINAAL LAWN
Vessel As Deity
Minaal Lawn’s work explores cultural identity through object symbolism, childhood stories and the experience of living between two cultures, ultimately celebrating their reconciliation through abstracted forms and colour.
Vessel As Deity, continues Minaal’s fascination with sculptural and aesthetic elements of traditional Hindu temple architecture. The concept of Murti (idol of worship) is abstracted through a recontextualization of the vessel to an adorned form, edifying it beyond a container.
The sacred composition of the Vessels and their colour expressionism, the wall (aids for aniconic meditation) and the dot mandala, creating a Rasa (sentiment, essence) of silence and tranquility.
