2025_MFA_Drashti_Kalathiya PoeticsOfEmptiness_series _8

A framed artwork featuring a small painting mounted on a rich, patterned fabric. The painting, done in muted grays and browns, depicts an empty interior corner with an open doorway leading to another room and a single antique wooden chair with a teal cushion. The painting is set atop a traditional Indian textile in shades of red and gold, featuring a stylized floral or paisley pattern. This fabric is identified as Bandhani, a hand-printed and traditional tie-and-dye technique originating from the Kutch region of Gujarat and parts of Rajasthan, India. The combination of the contemporary, unsettling interior scene and the traditional Bandhani mounting suggests themes of native feeling and dislocation.

2025_MFA_Drashti_Kalathiya PoeticsOfEmptiness_series _8