New Delhi-based British artist Bharti Kher breaks and recombines clay figures she’s collected over the years, inventing hybrids that combine supposed opposites – male and female or divine figures from different faiths. Her show at Perrotin Gallery on the Lower East Side is no longer open to the public, but Kher shared her process in an insightful video shot during a residency in the UK. This piece, Ardhanarishvara, represents a manifestation of the Hindu divinities Shiva and Parvati. Roughly joined from mass produced figurines, they’re far from divine perfection. Instead, they represent the artist’s ability to remake the known world, in this case with mysterious materials packed into conjoined bodies.
