Tara Sabharwal

Painter & Printmaker

Artist Statement

The lure for exploration guides me in life and in art.

In my art practice, I reach outwards, with hope, into new territories as I cross passages of extreme beauty and borders of terrifying darkness.

Life has taken me from my birthplace in Delhi to many new places, homes and identities. The experience has been enriching, it resonates in my work and has enabled me to build bridges between boundaries.

My recent paintings and prints are remembered moments from a journey of outward and inner explorations. These pictures of homes; homes left, lost, remembered, revisited and continually reinvented narrate the story of my own migration and a search for meaning through it. The images I use: homes, ladders, windows, roots, winding paths, rain and container are open-ended symbols. They invite the viewer to make their own interpretations, and reflect.