Bharti Kher: The Sun Splitting Stones

Bharti Kher’s oeuvre spans 25 years and encompasses paintings, sculptures and installations. Throughout her practice she has maintained an unwavering engagement with animism, surrealism and the nature of things as we experience the world. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of sources and making practices, she employs readymades and diverse materials within a broad arc of meaning and transformation. Kher’s works often appear animated, using counterpoint and contradiction as visual tools. Her chimeras, mythical creatures and allegorical pieces bring together references that are at once topical and traditional, political and poetic.

Kher studied a Foundation Course in Art and Design at Middlesex Polytechnic, London, and went on to receive a BA (Hons) in Fine Art (Painting) at Newcastle Polytechnic, United Kingdom. Her work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions and has featured in many group exhibitions at museums and galleries worldwide.