Space Phrases

Space Phrases, her debut

solo show in Mumbai, India,

Gupta exhibits her recent

drawings, photographs and

video. Her enquiry slides

from line as a language in itself, to the line becoming

the medium to engage with

the shifting dynamic of

space. The medium of line

converses with the space

both by recognizing its

existing architectural

alignment, as well as finding

newer sites of subtle

insertions and realignments

from within.

Gupta’s enquiry in regards

the line started with

witnessing her fallen hair, as

organic line, and there after

building comparisons with

straight lines drawn by pen

on wall. While the line drawn

by hair didn’t find its way

further, the straight line

went on responding to

architectural spaces and

other built spatial ambiences. This process led

her engagement to travel

from the paper and enter

into different kind of spaces,

through site responsive

drawings and installations.

Parul Gupta was born in

Delhi (1980) and graduated

from Nottingham Trent

University, UK with MA Fine

Art in 2011. She has been

part of various group shows

and Site Specific Projects including Sarai Reader 09 at

Devi Art Foundation (2012),

Kona Alternative Space

(2013), Khoj International

Artist Association (2013)

and Art Chennai (2014).