Ranu Mukherjee

"I make hybrid work in painting, film, and installation, guided by the forces of ecology and non-human agency, diaspora and migration, motherhood, and transnational feminisms. The work often takes form in layered tableaux ; amalgamations of images, patterns, drawings, fragments, materials and time frames that draw on histories of collage, feminist science fiction and Indian mythological prints of the late 19th century. Using saturated color, printed pattern on cloth and overlays of tempo and choreography, I amplify physical presence and sensuality. My recent work considers how experiences of rupture and longing can be catalysts for building new imaginative capacities." - Ranu Mukherjee