Line Project
Nalini Malani
Nalini Malani is an artist from India, and most of her work reflects her self-identity and the events occurring in India. She is a refugee of the Partition of India. She creates work that challenges the common beliefs of the masses about India. Malani creates dialogue and provokes discussion about issues from her home. She is a well-established artist and has had many residencies, and exhibitions, with work in the Moma.
I was drawn to her work because of the way she transforms a space using drawing and light. Specifically her work at the Moma. Gamepieces was an installation using video and shadows to create imagery on the wall. She painted and drew images on clear cylindrical hangings and projected light and video through them. I am interested in the way light and shadows can transform a space. I’m thinking of doing something like that with the line project. I like how the video and shadows take up a whole room and immerse the viewer in the art itself.
drawing into space 