The roots of the artistic path of Indian artist Sheba Chhachhi (1958, Harar, Ethiopia, lives and works in New Delhi), lie in the complexity of India, a vast country in which ancient traditions mingle with the contemporary world, where wealth and poverty face off across a territory permeated by profound religious spirituality.
Chhachhi’s initial approach, in the 1980s, made use of photography, later enhanced by the use of texts, salvaged objects and sculpture. The themes addressed range from mythical and social consideration of the human body (especially the female body) to ecological pollution and urban transformation, through continuous reference to antique iconography.
For several years now the artist has been working on a project connected with a new medium of artistic expression, that of light boxes, in which images flow with a cinematic effect, depicting the myths and symbols of the Indian tradition.
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