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A perfect marriage between glass and steel

FUSION: Golden lotus by Hemi Bawa.

Billed as a union of the transparent beauty of glass and the elegance of steel, an exhibition of contemporary art and design is now on at Galerie Romain Rolland of Alliance Francaise de Delhi in the Capital.

Titled "Confluence: Inspired by Steel", the exhibition mounted by artist Hemi Bawa includes photographic transfers, canvas framed beautifully in steel and botanical motifs crafted artistically in steel and glass. Described by art experts as one of the country's most innovative glass artists, Hemi Bawa has worked with the modern material of steel to create a distinctly new visual language.

About her unusual and innovative work, Hemi Bawa says: "If I feel a certain form looks better in glass, then I will do it in glass. If I want a form to portray a feeling of strength and power, I use a large stone, or if I feel a certain piece will look better in bronze or aluminium or glass I use them." The easy control over these two mediums has propelled Hemi Bawa to create a body of work which has not been seen before. Paintings have been framed within steel, while the glass abstract forms are embedded in steel. Hemi Bawa derives immense joy from working with glass as it is tough and moreover traps light beautifully.

Says curator Alka Pande: "There is a perfect marriage between the two materials of glass and steel. While the modernists have used both glass and steel in their effort to break with the past, the contemporaries are using these two materials to create innovative stuff."

Born in 1948, Hemi Bawa's journey into the world of art has indeed been enriching. It began in 1962, and her hour of reckoning came when she was awarded the National Prize at Chitra Kala Sangam in 1968. Since then, her works have been displayed at various galleries across the country and abroad.

The credit for conceptualising the exhibition that began on August 23 and ends on Wednesday goes to Artd'inox, the high-profile lifestyle products division of Jindal Stainless Limited.

-- Madhur Tankha

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