SHIVANI AGGARWAL
Knowing and Unknowing (1) , 2024
Teakwood with epoxy and acrylic
15 x 11 x 3 Inches
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A set of books made of teakwood. The text and images in the book are handwritten and drawn with Acrylic. The missing spaces in the text along with the incoherent...
A set of books made of teakwood.
The text and images in the book are handwritten and drawn with Acrylic. The missing spaces in the text along with the incoherent sequence and connection, symbolize our incomplete knowledge or understanding.
The work is a paradox as it touches upon the idea of how excess knowledge can refrain the mind from true understanding on one hand and on the other
It represents the slowly fading need to read in this digital era
The written text discusses many thoughts on emptiness.
Thoughts and philosophies are ever growing but are held static in them.