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Graphics
GEOMETRIC JUGGLING

"Things are held together by geometry, even when it may not be obvious," says graphic artist Zarina. It was perhaps through developing this concept that she proved a case of "instant success" in the art world. Only a year after holding her first solo exhibition, she bagged the National Award for graphics (in 1969). Two of her prints are now exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. 

She exploits the system of vertical and horizontal lines, and rejects the use of colour (her work is normally on white or black paper.) She sees no reason for colour, except when the subject is organic. "We always talk of green trees and blue seas, but never of the color of parched earth," she explains. 

An exhibition she held recently at Gallery Chankaya, New Delhi, comprised "white structures on white". She used pinpricks to pierce the paper and obtain a relief comparable to the embossed aesthetics of Braille. 

Zarina rejects the unessential with ease. "Not just in my work but also in life. I hate to clutter up my room." Emptiness has always fascinated her. She has travelled widely— Bangkok, Paris, West Germany, and New York. But she has always moved on breaking bonds and barriers. She believes this is important for making a breakthrough in her work.
—Aman Nath

INDIA TODAY, APRIL 1-15, 1978

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[[left image is titled "Embossed aesthetics of braille."]] [[right image is titled Zarina— rejecting the unessential]]