India's Outsider Artist, Looking In: Bharti Kher | Brilliant Ideas Ep. 8
Feminist, mythology narrator and quasi-anthropologist
are just some of the titles that describe artist Bharti Kher,
currently at the center stage of the Indian contemporary
art scene. Kher was born in London in 1969 and earned
a BFA at Newcastle Polytechnic before moving to India in
1993. She currently lives and works out of New Delhi.
Unique Indian sentiments and colors are abundant in her
art, which address topics of culture and tradition with a
refined contemporary sensibility.
The artist takes inspirations from India’s history and
philosophy, but also from more mundane daily moments.
With her original takes, the issues are transformed into
sublime art forms that defy classification. She kindles
new thought in viewers of India and across the
globe, inviting them into a mysterious, beautiful
world of art.
Greco