Ambika Thiagarajan
18/02/2022
18/02/2022
Adore Art Gallery
1925 Calle Barcelona #108, Carlsbad, CA 92009
About half a month ago I had the honor of displaying my work at Adore Art Gallery at the Forum in Carlsbad. I walked in with almost no plan at all, the only thing I had an approximate idea of was how many pieces would potentially fit into the space. I knew that if I planned out the arrangement too much I would anyway end up changing my mind. Being someone who has never really been very detail oriented (honestly, the idea of details frustrates me), I kind of just purely roll with my intuition. Lacking patience for details was one of the major reasons why I chose not to go in the direction of pursuing a career in design. Back in college, my peers who worked with design always created miracles within small lengths of their sketchbooks. I always wondered how they had the diligence to work so patiently within such tiny spaces. The only way I can connect with Art is by shoving my soul onto the canvas. All I'm thinking about nowadays is how I can experience that sense of utmost release by working on larger and larger scales....until there's no more room to store giant rectangles and squares!
Organizing an aesthetic with this display was probably one of the most challenging things ever. I had to make sure I established some sort of balance between the larger and the smaller pieces so the bigger ones didn't overwhelm the tiny paintings. I also wanted to bring in a sense of imbalance as well where things didn't look over-harmonious but instead had something off-beat about them. I basically shuffled around pieces for quite a bit of time which was fun and at the same time quite a workout (definitely skipped any other form of exercise that day). The one painting that is horizontal (as seen above in the bottom right photo) was placed strategically on top because of the lighter tones and since I painted it in landscape orientation (horizontal). In my head, I felt it was best to place it there so it seemed like the canvases in the bottom with the darker hues "carried" what's above since they appear more dense.
If you haven't stopped by yet, please do! Would love to say hi :)
Organizing an aesthetic with this display was probably one of the most challenging things ever. I had to make sure I established some sort of balance between the larger and the smaller pieces so the bigger ones didn't overwhelm the tiny paintings. I also wanted to bring in a sense of imbalance as well where things didn't look over-harmonious but instead had something off-beat about them. I basically shuffled around pieces for quite a bit of time which was fun and at the same time quite a workout (definitely skipped any other form of exercise that day). The one painting that is horizontal (as seen above in the bottom right photo) was placed strategically on top because of the lighter tones and since I painted it in landscape orientation (horizontal). In my head, I felt it was best to place it there so it seemed like the canvases in the bottom with the darker hues "carried" what's above since they appear more dense.
If you haven't stopped by yet, please do! Would love to say hi :)
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