alpna gupta
Gupta uses her work to explore her identity as a female and as an Indian-American. Shecreates through the repetitious processes of sewing, weaving, and printing. Her work is concerned with contrasting the foreign with the commonplace. She manipulates articlesof clothing and fabric to make protective skins for materials such as rice, salt and spices. These skins act as veils that affect the perception of their contents. By folding andwrapping, she protects, contains and hinders the perception of the contents which allude to identity and tradition Gupta uses materials of high value such as silk and chiffonin some of her pieces, while in others she has chosen to use the common materials of burlap and muslin. The juxtaposition of these materials is a metaphor for high and lowculture in both the east and the west.
Alpna Gupta was born in Shawnee, Kansas, and is a graduate of the Columbus Collegeof Art and Design. She currently lives and works in Columbus.
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