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My central idea of ceramics stems from this,” elucidates Sharma. I start with an idea and could turn it upside down. “This whole idea of beauty is so violent and non-inclusive. She wants to emphasise on the fact that one shouldn’t be tense in life. Her artworks vary in size, shape and figures.For Sharma, making the process is sensory as well as sensual.The artworks on display are a mix of bowls, teapots, human figures but has that quintessential Sharma stamp on it. A sculpture with a tilt of an eye, a mask with quirky lips, a lamp with a giant face, yet expressive, are sure to make on wonder the “uniqueness” of the human body.Living by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s maxim —“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings having a human experience” — Sharma finds beauty everywhere in each and every person. “After I meditate when I open my eyes, I realise that ultimately it all boils down to this body, which is beautiful as is”, explains Sharma. Her entire work is a celebration of life.

Meghalaya1201 Puducherry840 Goa770 Manipur220 Tripura220 Mizoram100 Arunachal Pradesh110 Life, Art Beauty of sculpted narrative THE ASIAN AGE.. Celebrating life, happiness and joy doesn’t necessarily have to be equated with beauty and if there’s pain in love and birth one doesn’t stop living and loving. That there’s beauty in these imperfections and that’s what makes each one of us unique. Indeed, she uses a potter’s wheel on which she spins the initial clay forms, but after that first rudimentary step the traditional method of wheel-thrown pottery is dramatically overturned, as Manjari slices, and pinches layers and peels apart the clay to create an array of engaging, smiling, animated chunky human persona of uncommon liveliness. She dabbles effortlessly with clay on the potter’s wheel and amalgamates pottery and sculptures into something unique that bears her mark. I don’t really think while working.The colour palette is generally muted or even charcoal-tinted.While Sharma took a 10-year break from the art world to engage with NGOs and help people in distress, this exhibition is a result of Uma Nair’s pressuring Sharma to showcase her talent. For me, the artworks transported me to the idyllic world of fairytales and fables where giants with disproportionate figures rule.

As an eight-year-old girl, she sat meditating with Swami Chinmayananda, realising little that she was being introduced to the spiritual world without her knowing it. This also defines why her artworks have human figures in all their beauty.I found this unique representation of human head and face intriguing. Her idea of abstractionism is that of the human body. They go beyond the mundane pots, bowls and kettle that we often see. Let’s be spontaneous”, says Sharma..Curated by Uma Nair, the exhibition is on at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi till April 23.Sunken cheeks, knitted eyebrows, fat lips, Sharma’s faces gives viewers a chance to look at human faces in all their beauty.. “You could have a tool, (a potter’s wheel, scalpel, knife, in this case), but what you do with it really matters. “It’s coming together of a miracle. She’s presenting a solo sculpture exhibition titled “Sculptour” that features her years of experience in coming up with sculptural heads, bowls, platters, jars, curious human figures and teapots. So this life is transcendental..... Architect and artist Manjari Sharma is known for using human expressions in her ceramic works. And this truth rids me of all fears.

“One should celebrate life devoid of all fears.BhikuWhile other artists try to go beyond the obvious, Sharma is happy and content exploring the various expressions of the human face . I started observing the human body and was very intrigued. celebrating life as is,”,says Sharma. It is her quest of spirituality that makes her communicate through her art. Nair, who has followed her works for 20 years says: “Manjari doesn’t merely mould pots, she builds and fashions them. “Before we are in the human body we are a spirit and after death we will remain a spirit.. His neck is stretched upwards with a questioning look on his face. Sharma uses grogged clay as its malleability is ideal for this free-form process and its strength enables her to produce varied scale works. This 20 inches tall artwork sums up what Sharma has been trying to express through her exhibition. That’s spontaneity for me”, says Sharma. | STUTEE KOTNALA Published: Apr 20, 2017, 2:49 am IST Updated: Apr 20, 2017, 2:49 am IST Material Handling Equipment Parts Factory Curated by Uma Nair, the exhibition is on at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi till April 23.To understand her artworks, one must decipher Sharma’s philosophy. So while we all have two eyes, two ears, one nose and one mouth, we all look different and that’s the greatest proof of the Divine being the most creative.With her experiments with human figures, Sharma wants to blur the line between good and bad and ugly and beautiful.

It is of engaging with the world.I specially loved the kettles with human hands and “Bhiku” — a man wearing a short blue shirt with podgy legs on a wooden base.. Sharma captures human expressions effortlessly. I don’t like to make pretty faces. So you will see kettles with human hands. I am spontaneous. Some of her glazing strategies include undercoating with slips and terra sigillates on leather hard surfaces and then pouring glaze overall and then wiping it off