Masoom Kshetrimayum

George Bataille introduced the notion of 'l'informe' - Formlessness. What Bataille means by Formlessness is that art should be brought down to earth, off of its pedestal where it has been standing since antiquity. For Bataille, creativity is in the process. The Formless, in a way, is abstract and indefinable - Bataille himself claims that a word has no definition. It is performative, rather than explanatory. In this exhibition, it is explored how these artists transcend from form to formlessness in their art. We also get to notice that each artist uses diverse mediums and techniques to define their expressions.

MASOOM KSHETRIMAYUM - My imagery focuses on visual metaphor and illusion of visible reality. The practice is gradually developing due to the change in the surroundings, life and events I encounter. I am looking at the relationship between dissimilar existences of my visual reference which comes from my subconscious mind even before I could recognize it. Intentionally, I omit the unnecessary details and draw it with repetitive shapes and lines. It is an act of tearing apart objects into emotional states and aesthetic consciousness. Through it, I am developing a new blurred hybrid visual, which expands through the different stages of curiosity, reality and desire. Being an abstract artist, my works take the form of the city landscape as metaphor of shared human experience and constant change, where I am interested in tracking the pattern, colors, formation and the essence of real and virtual memories. My metaphorical depiction is my response to evoke empathy, both imagined and witnessed.