Vishwa Shroff b. 1980
Four steps, 2022
Watercolour and ink on paper
(HSN Code: 970110)
(HSN Code: 970110)
11.6 x 8.25 inches each
Set of 7
Set of 7
Copyright Vishwa Shroff, 2022
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Four Steps is Shroff’s rendering of an L-shaped corridor with entrances on either side. As the viewer moves from one end of the corridor to the other, or in reverse,...
Four Steps is Shroff’s rendering of an L-shaped corridor with entrances on either side. As the viewer moves from one end of the corridor to the other, or in reverse, their eye races from one detail to the other in a broken line. The title Four Steps is reflective of how the drawing is not meant to enable a smooth transition through space, but each step is evaluated with an intricate documentation of the chosen fragment. If one starts from the left, the first drawing allows the viewer entrance into the corridor through an arch through which we see a bare hint of the floor ahead. The second, a closer look into the speckled floor, the tile of the corridor space. The third and fourth emanate a sense of being engulfed in the corner of a turn. Then leading us to the fifth and sixth, we see the same corridor from another point of view, as a result of the preceding turn, leading us to the final arch in the corridor, also leaving the viewer wondering whether this is in fact the entrance, or an exit.
Literature
Architectural Digest, The Music of Buildings: Vishwa Shroff explores the streets of Basel through her art, Dec 1 2022https://www.architecturaldigest.in/story/the-music-of-buildings-vishwa-shroff-explores-the-streets-of-basel-through-her-art/
GoodHomes, TARQ’S Recently Concluded Exhibition Highlights Quotidian Spatial Nuances, Jan 11, 2023
https://www.goodhomes.co.in/home-and-design-trends/trending/tarqs-recently-concluded-exhibition-highlights-quotidian-spatial-nuances-8493.html
