October 6 – November 12, 2023
October 6 – November 12, 2023
AUGUST 5 – SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
AUGUST 5 – SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
JULY 21 – 23, 2023
june 10 – july 16, 2023
november 3 – november 4, 2022
september 10 – october 30, 2022
july 9 – august 14, 2022
ARTIST
Installation view, works by Pallavi Sen.
North Loop’s front room features new watercolors, monotypes, frescos, and glass work by multidisciplinary artist Pallavi Sen. Sen’s rich and varied practice reflects on the interrelation of architecture, human activity, and home gardens. Shaped by both her current surroundings in Williamstown (where she is currently a professor of art at Williams College) and her upbringing in Bombay, Sen’s work explores the cultural specificity of design—of tile and brickwork patterns, textiles, furniture, and garden design.
Installation view, works by Pallavi Sen.
Her wide-ranging influences include the barsati (balcony homes) of Delhi, Indian harvest festivals like Onam, and the gardening and farming knowledge she has cultivated during her time in rural Western Massachusetts. Sen considers human relationships to land and to home, combining the fantastical and quotidian with a particular focus on pattern and color. In this most recent body of work, Sen explains that she’s looking for the joy in daily artmaking.
Installation view, works by Pallavi Sen.
She describes her ethos:
In my mother tongue, Hindustani, ‘kalā’, means art or skill, and is used generously to describe sixty-four practices that range from the art of singing and making images to the art of preparing garlands, applying ornaments, using aromatics – even juggling. My work is guided by a love for the ways in which we live with the objects we make, and the time and attention that is used to deepen and transform the inevitable parts of one’s day.
Installation view, works by Pallavi Sen.
North Loop’s front room features new watercolors, monotypes, frescos, and glass work by multidisciplinary artist Pallavi Sen. Sen’s rich and varied practice reflects on the interrelation of architecture, human activity, and home gardens. Shaped by both her current surroundings in Williamstown (where she is currently a professor of art at Williams College) and her upbringing in Bombay, Sen’s work explores the cultural specificity of design—of tile and brickwork patterns, textiles, furniture, and garden design.
Installation view, works by Pallavi Sen.
Her wide-ranging influences include the barsati (balcony homes) of Delhi, Indian harvest festivals like Onam, and the gardening and farming knowledge she has cultivated during her time in rural Western Massachusetts. Sen considers human relationships to land and to home, combining the fantastical and quotidian with a particular focus on pattern and color. In this most recent body of work, Sen explains that she’s looking for the joy in daily artmaking.
Installation view, works by Pallavi Sen.
She describes her ethos:
In my mother tongue, Hindustani, ‘kalā’, means art or skill, and is used generously to describe sixty-four practices that range from the art of singing and making images to the art of preparing garlands, applying ornaments, using aromatics – even juggling. My work is guided by a love for the ways in which we live with the objects we make, and the time and attention that is used to deepen and transform the inevitable parts of one’s day.
INSTALLATION IMAGES
INDIVIDUAL ARTWORKS
Pallavi Sen, Semillas, 2023, watercolor on paper, 22 x 30 in. unframed, 25 x 33 in. framed.
Pallavi Sen, Abuela Bendice El Maíz, 2023, watercolor on paper, 22 x 30 in. unframed, 25 x 33 in. framed.
Pallavi Sen, By Night, 2023, watercolor on paper, 18 x 24 in. unframed, 21 x 27 in. framed.
Pallavi Sen, Monotype 1, 2023, monotype and colored pencil on paper, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
Pallavi Sen, Monotype 2, 2023, monotype and colored pencil on paper, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
Pallavi Sen, Monotype 3, 2023, monotype and colored pencil on paper, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
Pallavi Sen, Monotype 4, 2023, monotype and colored pencil on paper, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
Pallavi Sen, After Carl Klewicke, 2023, watercolor on paper, 44 1/2 x 30 in. unframed, 47 1/2 x 33 in. framed.
Pallavi Sen, Frescos 6, 8, and 5, 2023, fresco on lime plaster, terracotta, variable dimensions.
Pallavi Sen, Frescos 4, 1, 2, 3, and 7, 2023, fresco on lime plaster, terracotta, variable dimensions.
Pallavi Sen, Inner Courtyard Wall, 2023, watercolor on paper, 22 x 30 in. unframed, 25 x 33 in. framed.
Pallavi Sen, By Day, 2023, watercolor on paper, 16 x 12 in. unframed, 19 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. framed.
ADDRESS
112 Water St.
Williamstown, Mass.
01267
HOURS
Thursday: 11 – 6pm
Friday: 11 – 6pm
Saturday: 11 – 6pm
Sunday: 12 – 5pm
ADDRESS
112 Water St.
Williamstown, Mass.
01267
HOURS
Thursday: 11 – 6pm
Friday: 11 – 6pm
Saturday: 11 – 6pm
Sunday: 12 – 5pm