Vibha Galhotra

Lives and works in New Delhi, Delhi, India

Artist statement

Vibha Galhotra, a conceptual artist whose multimedia oeuvre includes sculptures, installations, photographs, videos, site-specific work, and public art interventions addresses the shifting topography of a world radically transformed by climate change, consumerism, capitalism, and globalization. Propelled by the constant negotiation between human beings and their ecosystem, Galhotra’s practice utilizes intensive research and intuitive imagination to investigate the social, economic, and political implications of human activity on the environment. She draws from varied disciplines, including the fine arts, ecology, economics, science, spirituality, and political activism to inform a poetic visual response to the environmental changes and restructuring of culture, society, and geography occurring in today’s world. A fundamental tenet in Galhotra’s work is Yat pinde tat Brahmande (“Whatever is in the microcosm is also in the macrocosm”). In other words, the five fundamental elements traditionally believed to constitute all matter exist in every human being, and therefore the destruction of nature will inevitably imply the extinction of all life. This concern extends throughout Galhotra’s entire practice. Using found urban detritus that the artist collects from her hometown of Delhi, Galhotra creates multi-sensory works that blur the boundaries between belief and reality, public and private, and science and spirituality. Her visual vocabulary aims to critically examine...

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