PART I : DISRUPTION OF LANGUAGE
‘Conversation with cold white surfaces’ was the first experience Aisha had when it came to Art Making. Starting from the blank white pages of a diary which is a symbol of keeping a day to day record of one’s pains and pleasures to the claustrophobic images filled with unreadable text spreading like a contagious virus. Starting from a very personal emotional turmoil it grew up to become a political comment such as ‘Personal is Political’.
A crucial aspect of her creative practice is working in an archival mode. The thought of exploring hidden treasures of narrative yet to be told excites her while digging for ancient documents, scripts, photographs and text. The images are static yet moving, the words say nothing but they breathe. It’s like weaving of a net or making of a cocoon with ultimate patience and sheer pleasure just as one’s develop a relationship or a spiritual contact. The lucidity in the free flowing forms is organic reminding one of body secretions as well. The works executed in liquid medium, reflects the obsessiveness with the process, a force to explode, a desire to break free from something tightly knotted. The heartbreaking ache for one’s own existence, the imbalance and crudeness of life constitute a mellow palette and mood.