{"id":8649,"date":"2020-03-26T14:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2020-03-26T13:54:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T17:54:27","slug":"bharti-kher-at-perrotin-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/26\/bharti-kher-at-perrotin-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Bharti Kher at Perrotin Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi-based British artist <a href=\"https:\/\/bhartikher.com\/\">Bharti Kher<\/a> breaks and recombines clay figures she\u2019s collected over the years, inventing hybrids that combine supposed opposites &#8211; male and female or divine figures from different faiths.\u00a0 Her show at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perrotin.com\/exhibitions\/bharti_kher-the-unexpected-freedom-of-chaos\/7356\">Perrotin Gallery<\/a> on the Lower East Side is no longer open to the public, but Kher shared her process in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cY_PcltVzW0\">insightful video<\/a> shot during a residency in the UK.\u00a0 This piece, Ardhanarishvara, represents a manifestation of the Hindu divinities Shiva and Parvati. \u00a0Roughly joined from mass produced figurines, they\u2019re far from divine perfection.\u00a0 Instead, they represent the artist\u2019s ability to remake the known world, in this case with mysterious materials packed into conjoined bodies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8650\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8650\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8650\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8650\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bharti_kher.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bharti_kher.jpg 2940w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bharti_kher-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bharti_kher-321x400.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bharti Kher, (foreground) Ardhanarishvara, cement, clay, wax, bronze, 54 1\/8\u201d x 9 5\/8\u201d, unique, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi-based British artist Bharti Kher breaks and recombines clay figures she\u2019s collected over the years, inventing hybrids that combine supposed opposites &#8211; 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