Hemali bhuta biography of william

Work Description

Hemali Bhuta’s interest in working responsively to a particular place is explored through her focus on objects and materiality. Drawing on her personal experiences, memories and philosophical understanding, her works aim to articulate issues of belonging, security, individuality and change.

Fold is a transformation of Flooring, an earlier work created in 2012, that was a flat piece of latex made to imitate parquet flooring.

Hemali bhuta biography of william

The work was repurposed, folded over and bound with rope, creating Fold. With an interest in gestures of folding, stacking, wrapping and storing, Bhuta investigates the state of the work in the present, what becomes of it with time, the physical and material transformation it undergoes, and changes in the value asserted to the work over time.

Artist Biography

Hemali Bhuta (b.1978) lives and works in Mumbai, India

Hemali Bhuta’s work deals with the effect of time on spaces, through which she tries to transform the impression and ide