RAVI AVASTI
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Ravi Avasti is easily distracted. Absorbed by the rhythms and sparkles of his environment, his practice is informed by an enduring connection with the temporal/spatial nature of the world. Through the processes of making, unmaking and remaking, Avasti recontextualises these rhythms and sparkles, offering an opportunity to experience the phenomena from a new perspective. Avasti employs multiple strategies to accomplish this, including the illustration of distinctions via remediation; the simultaneous use of concealment and revelation; and the privileging of chance phenomena. Many of his works address notions of inclusion and exclusion, whilst containing a strict logic or system and a resultant ritualistic element.
Avasti has recently engaged in the material exploration of timber, translating knowledge and skills previously gained in a career as a furniture maker. These investigations have led to the production of the Cherry Exposure series, temporary images created by the exposure of timber to ultraviolet light; the use of electronics in The Current Time As The Value of Light From A Seven Segment Display (2018) which provides a non-linear iteration of the current time using light as a medium; and the ongoing Inclusion series of drawings, which re-present tree branches as evidence of inclusion and exclusion. These works reflect Avasti’s enduring interest in distinctions and ‘otherness,’ providing alternative channels through which phenomena can be perceived.
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RAVI AVASTI
HA. 1, 2024
western red cedar
95 x 55 x 24 cm
$ 3500
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