Seher Shah, Variations in Grey, 2020-2021
Graphite dust and ink on ivory Russian paper, 21 x 29 cm
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Seher Shah: When Words Disappear into Trees
Green Art Gallery, Unit 28, Street 8, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1
22 March–29 May 2021
In her latest works on paper, Seher Shah perceives New Delhi through its negative spaces, 'listening' to the city 'through the fragments it reveals.' Through social and political turbulence, Shah questions: 'What is a measure of violence between absence and deletion through architecture, language and history?' Like dust that has settled after a storm or ruinous event, the graphite dust in Shah's drawings offers planes for new forms to emerge.