Then Floating World by Shalu Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: pen, watercolour , soft pastel on paper Dimensions: 22"/30"(55 x 76 cm) Year: 2021 Price: $300.00 USD Status: available A surreal poetic series on paper depicting the romance of the lotus with the reflection of the nocturnal elusive moon on the surface of its pond. Why collect this work?A dark vertical band splits an intricate field of nested contours, cavities and looping lines, making division itself the structure through which this compressed ecology is read. Shalu describes mark-making as a means of moving between abstraction and figuration. Here, recognisable hints of pods, shells and a moon-like orb remain unsettled within denser linear systems.The photograph shows a webbed sphere anchoring the left half, while closely spaced contours descend on the right. Small linked marks repeatedly cross or border the central band, countering its apparent separation.The documented pen, watercolour and soft pastel on paper allow fine networks to meet broad tonal passages and softened edges. These distinct registers organise the image without fixing a single scale.The catalogue describes a 2021 series concerning lotus, moon and pond reflection. In a collection examining representations of nature, this sheet complicates those motifs by recasting them as an ambiguous internal anatomy. About the ArtistShalu Shalu is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: mixed-media. Based in Ahmedabad , India. Nationality: Indian My practice is multidisciplinary and rooted in mixed media.
