Artist
Vadakoottu, Sajeev
Ann Arbor, MI
Artist Statement
I am a visual artist specialized in printmaking, based in Ann Arbor, USA. While I work in many media and styles, drawing always comes at the center of the work. I have focused on minimalist lines and measured etchings throughout my repertoire. The works draw on the tension between the mundane activities of everyday life and the political sensibilities, between my young life in village India and the world of fine art. I am fascinated by the intersection of the personal and the political, presence and absence, the domestic and the public. I received my training from the College of Art, New Delhi, where I received BFA(2006) before completing MVA(2008) at M.S. University, Baroda. I want my images to recollect or reflect the things that people might erase from their minds.There is, therefore, always a sense of discomfort that drives my work. I am interested in things that are hidden, and in distorting everyday scenes to introduce elements that reference social instability. I try to highlight those things which disrupt the everyday and the domestic. This can range from the very smallest things ? the absence of a relative or the things people eat ? to oppression and political violence.
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