{"id":7688,"date":"2018-09-06T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=7688"},"modified":"2018-08-25T14:49:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T18:49:18","slug":"ranjani-shettar-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/06\/ranjani-shettar-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranjani Shettar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar\u2019s concern for threatened rural Indian ecosystems informed her dramatic mezzanine installation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/listings\/2018\/ranjani-shettar\">Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>, \u2018Seven ponds and a few raindrops.\u2019\u00a0 Crafted from organic muslin and bound to a welded and molded steel base with tamarind paste, the piece\u2019s floating organic shapes conjure 3-D scientific models, intricate plant life or alien life.\u00a0 (On view on the Upper East Side through Sept 16<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7689\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=7689\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7689\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7689\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ranjani_shettar-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranjani Shettar, detail installation view of \u2018Seven ponds and a few raindrops\u2019 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar\u2019s concern for threatened rural Indian ecosystems informed her dramatic mezzanine installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, \u2018Seven ponds and a few raindrops.\u2019\u00a0 Crafted from organic muslin and bound to a welded and molded steel base with tamarind paste, the piece\u2019s floating organic shapes conjure 3-D scientific models, intricate plant &hellip; 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