In the Forests of the Night

In the Forests of the Night, works by Tara Sabharwal (2014 – 2023) is a part of the third edition of Delhi Art Week. The exhibition takes off from this very enquiry of observing the process of creativity and abstraction that emerges from the subliminal. Psychologists employ the term to mean below the threshold of consciousness. A plane of being that absorbs all experiences, just as the way night absorbs all light or black absorbs all colour. A perceptive space that dissolves light and shadow into a mythic experience of the subliminal, that Leonard Mlodinow, an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, terms as the new unconsciousness.

Tara Sabharwal’s abstraction is a walk into the forests of the night, where the cognitive faculties are refined to suit more than one purpose. In the manner where the auditory, olfactory, and tactile faculties chart the map of envisioning the way into the forest, that metaphorically represents the subliminal. Each of the series presented in the exhibition are mnemonic patterns bridging the worlds of the new unconsciousness to the conscious. Unlike abstraction that derives from minimizing nature/landscape, or an abstraction that is composed through the notations of sound and music, or an abstraction that reflects the memory of a place; Tara’s abstraction blurs all conscious attempts of reality and presents the invisible roots that govern conscious-visible existence.

A solo show In the Forest of the Night by the artist Tara Sabharwal.

The show is curated by Jesal Thacker and is on from Friday, 8th December 2023 till 15th December 2023 at Living Traditions Center, Bikaner House. 

Date: 8th December, 2023 to 15th December, 2023

Timings: 5 PM-8 PM
Venue: Living Traditions Center, Bikaner House, New Delhi