Terraform: A Solo Exhibition by M. Pravat
Artist M. Pravat brings his latest creation to STIR Gallery, Delhi with his newest solo, Terraform. Presented by Vida Heydari Contemporary, this series of artworks is being presented for the first time in New Delhi. The exhibition will be on view from 19th to 25th January 2025. A special preview on 18th January, from 5:30 to 8:30 PM will allow the audience to view the artwork a day prior.
What is Terraform All About?
By bringing together a diverse range of materials—bricks, stone, pigment, dust, paintings, LED lights, and found objects — M. Pravat presents a body of work in Terraform that probes into the interrelationships, recesses, and tensions between our built urban environment, and the natural world. Terraform is essentially an invitation to reflect upon a crisis that also extends into the larger biodiversity on our planet. It is an attempt to recentre our sensibilities, and actions to ensure a sustainable future for us all.
His sculptures and installations, which appear as fragmented reminders of the urban landscape, evoke a sense of being under perpetual construction—a limbo of incomplete transformation that has increasingly become characteristic of all metropolitan cities today. Each artwork in the exhibition, with its detailedly laid out network of materials, serves as a cartographic guide to a world that is now replete with relentless geoengineering, large-scale development projects, and climate emergencies.
About M. Pravat
M. Pravat was born in 1972 in Kolkata, India. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in painting in 2002 and his Master’s in 2004, both granted by the Faculty of Fine Arts at M.S. University, Baroda. His art practice examines architectural forms and materials through a fractured lens, using sculpture, installations, paintings and photography. He believes that our lives are unquestionably shaped by the built environments we inhabit. His practice is deeply embedded in the manifestations and imaginations of architectural spaces, where he attempts to shed the representational familiarity associated with our built environments. Over the years, M. Pravat’s works have been presented in solo and group exhibitions, biennales and art fairs in Colombo, Pune, Delhi, Dubai, Mumbai, New York, Seoul and Zurich.
At present, he lives and works in Delhi.
About Vida Heydari Contemporary (VHC)
Vida Heydari Contemporary (VHC) is an international art gallery in Pune specialising in contemporary art and representing established and emerging artists with diverse backgrounds, across a variety of mediums and genres. Founded in 2020, the gallery fosters the careers of its artists and shares their work with a global audience, providing a platform for under-represented artists, presenting pioneering museum-quality exhibitions, positive collaborations, price transparency and offering a very hands-on and tailored high-quality experience.
VHC has mounted significant exhibitions featuring local and international artists. It has also participated in some of the most prestigious art fairs, such as Art Basel Hong Kong, India Art Fair and India Design ID. In addition to the gallery program, VHC hosts talks, performances, workshops and educational programs.
Image – The Knight Was Searching With His Eyes The Whole Riverbank To Find Someway. Courtesy – Vida Heydari Contemporary
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