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# Project Description Art as a language of discovery, identity Tara Sahajpal Summary Final work I primarily work with acrylic on canvas. I am interested in making art that is confrontational, sparks change and creates a force for good in society. I have cultivated a deep understanding of how art can be a vehicle for change, and a deeper reflection and engagement with the world around us. I have had the opportunity to navigate and cultivate a deep sense of self as a young artist, exploring creative independence and fostering critical thinking beyond the studio. I primarily work with acrylic on canvas. I am interested in making art that is confrontational, s... College Chelsea College of Arts Course BA (Hons) Fine Art Graduation year 2025 My showcase tells the story of who I am as an artist- someone navigating a life shaped by discovery, identity and transformation. My practice is one that challenges the human condition, confronting the ways in which we think, behave and adapt in order to be accepted in society, whether for better or worse. The core of my practice revolves around the act of making- intuitive, physical and deeply embodied. I use my intuition and body to transcend beyond the mind, allowing the material to guide the process. Through this, I have I have cultivated a deep understanding of how art can be a catalyst for change, a mirror for self reflection and an opening for engagement with the world around us. Final work A body (more than) The harsh truth of being a woman in society, sexualised, living under a perpetual gaze like a mirror that reduces and strips our body of our identity down to our physicality where the body becomes a battleground of production, desire, prejudice and domination. Rediscovering and returning to the child of being unapologetically confident, simply being without performance or the pretence of trying to be someone else . It was as if I was playing and painting from that liberated doubtless place again. It didn't need to be this picture perfect thing; it could be anything it wanted through the guidance of my inner child. I let go of expectation and embraced the imperfection, the unknown and reconnected with my truest self. SINKING DEEP, SINKING DEEPER, SINKING DEEPEST I wanted to invite the viewer into the delicate tension between time and space - a world suspended in perpetual thought where the body remains physically grounded yet the mind drifts elsewhere. DNA Exploring art as a language in relation to my body in the act of making. Seeking to understand, discovering it, not merely as a construct of the mind but from place that transcends thought, through an intuitive process. I relate to this process of discovery as a language of its own - one that speaks to forms: organic, bodily and instinctual. Research and process Exploring the relationship between sculpture and painting through challenging the conventional way of perceiving a painting in a space as this stagnant, two dimensional flat surface, confined to a frame on a wall but rather as something that engulfs, responds to and animates its environment. Does a painting have to be finished or perfect? Exploring this idea of 'perfection' Share this project My showcase tells the story of who I am as an artist- someone navigating a life shaped by discovery, identity and transformation. My practice is one that challenges the human condition, confronting the ways in which we think, behave and adapt in order to be accepted in society... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Identity Body Acrylic Abstraction
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