'Boat #19' by Aarti Manek
Medium: Woodfired Stoneware with Wooden Base
Dimensions: 17 x 5 x 2 in
Year: 2024
About the Artwork (Artist's notes on the Boat Series)
"I seek simplicity & minimalism in every aspect of my life including my work.
When I set out to create my Boat series in 2017, I was obsessed with being faithful to the forms of fishing boats I saw lined up on the beaches of Pondicherry. I would scour the studio (still do), for similar forms/ moulds that would help me in my pursuit of this form. Since then my obsession for the form has eased up sufficiently to allow a sense of abstractness.
This series is a continuation of the journey that set sail eight years ago, the forms and surfaces have evolved and so have I as an artist."
About the artist
Equipped with a diploma in Textile Design from Rachna Sansad, Mumbai & a diploma in Digital Photography and Imaging from Shari Academy, Mumbai, followed by a 7 month course in Ceramics from the well known Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry, Aarti Manik has assisted in various Ceramics residencies & workshops in India, Japan and US.
Amongst her selected exhibition & participations are a Multicultural Group Show, The Black History Museum, Richmond, Virginia, USA in 2024, Beyond the Brickyard exhibition, a group show, Archie Bray, Montana, USA in 2019, The Indian Ceramics Triennale in 2018 in Jaipur, India.
She has been a recipient of the Multicultural Award at NCECA (The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts), Boulder, USA.
The artist lives and works in Pondicherry, India
