Shadripu – 282 votes

Shadripu
24 x 24 in (h x w)

Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas, canson paper, water colours, mdf board.

Artists: Akhila H & Nandini Hirianniah ( Sisters)

Arishadvargas – (Ari-Shad-Vargas) means Detrimental-six-qualities of Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Mada, and Maatsarya, which a person must overcome to gain divine consciousness. The Arishadvargas are those that evoke Emotions in the human. The emotions of anger, fear disgust, happiness, sadness, surprise. We have tried to use our respective mediums of expression and collaborate to bring forth this using symbolism relevant to this context.

We have been trying to collaborate for a while, hence this project gave us an opportunity to collaborate seamlessly and this in itself is such a gratitudinal moment for both of us. Making time for this, patiently waiting for the challenges the weather brought with it and finally working out practical methods to collaborate remotely was an enriching and amazing experience. Since this has given us a kickstart, I am sure we will now collaborate on a series of projects together 🙂