Vasanthi Victor

An emerging artist in the South Asian diaspora and mainly self-taught.These figuratives have evolved from echoes of Indian miniatures to a stylized, almost abstract form that is clothed in a saree, and sometimes faceless. There are elements of cubism in my art; curvature lines, earth tones that all converge to represent the south asian figure...

Color forms the figure as does the adoption of the curvature line; and I am vastly interested in arranging it on canvas. In some, these curvatures invade the landscape or drape. e.g. Young Man; in Desi Woman 1--the varied arm to represent the many arms of goddesses. The colors themselves are largely ochre and sienna interpersed with blue or red, green. The earth tones they convey representing an essential brownness of face and feature. While in a broader sense, it hints at the idea of the tropics, heat and dust-in essence the geography of their being. Color and form combine to reveal not idealized beauties rather a, an idealized South Asian figure coming into play in the diaspora. The drape of a saree is important, the gesture of a veil significant.

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Desi woman		Two women		Young man