Areez Katki b. 1989
Blue Bathing in Pink, 2018
Cotton thread hand embroidery on cotton khatka
(HSN Code: 970110)
(HSN Code: 970110)
14.9 x 12.5 inches
Copyright Areez Katki, 2018
Based on studies of the art deco buildings at Sir C.J. Parsi Colony on Sir Ratan Tata Path in Tardeo. Sir Cowasjee Jehanghir founded the colony the early 20th Century,...
Based on studies of the art deco buildings at Sir C.J. Parsi Colony on Sir Ratan Tata Path in Tardeo. Sir Cowasjee Jehanghir founded the colony the early 20th Century, with all existing buildings completed by 1922 and now maintained by the Tata Parsi Trust. Four generations of the artist’s family (including him in 2018) have resided in Buildings no. 5 and 3. This panel from the series re-imagines the goddess/water deity Anahita as a fictional maternal figure, grounded in the domestic. She is stylised and rendered in blue chain stitch, bathing in the artist’s musk pink-tiled bathroom in Tardeo, Mumbai.
Exhibitions
Bildungsroman (& Other Stories), TARQ, Mumbai, 2021Literature
The Pantograph Punch, Threads of Inheritance: Areez Katki at Malcolm Smith Gallery, 29 March 2019https://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/areez-katki-bildungsroman
ArtAsiaPacific, Divinely Quotidian: Interview with Areez Katki, 6 August 2021
http://artasiapacific.com/Blog/DivinelyQuotidianInterviewWithAreezKatki