Natasha Sachdeva
Am I Holding Onto Something Worthy?, 2021
Watercolor on Arches paper
40 x 30 in.
Artist Natasha Sachdeva (
@natasha.sachdeva7 ) questions tradition, expectation, and autonomy, as well as probe cultural codes that shape gendered experience in her deeply personal exhibition Will this entanglement ever resolve? Initially created through a process of introspection and based in a South Asian context, Sachdeva’s works are also resonant on a universal scale, centering voluminous, unposed, and unapologetically raw figures to challenge conventional ideals of beauty and grace by dismantling ingrained expectations of restraint, decorum, and conformity. Through these forms, she asserts an unequivocal right to joy, sensuality, and self-expression at every stage of a woman’s life. Sachdeva places her practice within a collective framework, drawing inspiration from mothers, friends, and fellow artists whose everyday negotiations of identity, agency, and belonging mirror and amplify her own.
Please join us later this month on Thursday, March 19th at 6:15 pm (Third Thursday) for Natasha Sachdeva’s artist talk where she will further discuss her exhibition and practice!
Visit the gallery Tuesday - Friday, 12PM-6PM and Saturday and Sunday, 12PM-5PM to view Will this entanglement ever resolve? (on view until Sunday, March 29th).
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Hillyer is funded in part by
@thedcarts , the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, the Galena Yorktown Foundation, the Mars Foundation, and the Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation.
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