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Ranjani Shettar is an artist born in 1977 in Bangalore, India where she presently lives and works. In 1998, she received her Bachelors in Sculpture and in 2000, Masters in Sculpture from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore. Shettar creates sculptural installations that combine elements of nature and industry using a range of materials that include, beeswax, sawdust, wood, latex, PVC tubing, silicone rubber, and metal. Ranjani Shettar's work is in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art〔(San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ), San Francisco, CA.〕 and has been the focus of several solo exhibitions including The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA),〔(The Institute of Contemporary Art ), Boston, MA.〕 Boston, MA (2008), The Modern Art Museum,〔(The Modern Art Museum ), Fort Worth, TX〕 Fort Worth, TX (2008–2009). Shettar's group exhibitions include, ''Freeing the Line'', Marian Goodman Gallery (2006), ''Zones of Contact, XV Sydney Biennale'', Australia (2006), ''9th Lyon Biennial'', France (2007), and ''Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International'', Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (2008). ==Works== Ranjani Shettar is best known for her large scale sculptural installations. She uses modern and traditional crafts to sculpt natural and industrial materials to create multidimensional works that bring forth the metaphysical characteristics of existing within a constantly changing physical environment. In 2009, Shettar created a group of smaller sculptural works. Bird Song〔(Bird Song ), by Ranjani Shettar.〕 is created from muslin and steel with curving, lyrical lines suggesting feathers and flight. The Bird Song sculptures hang like floating musical notes of a melody and resonate with a transient beauty found in nature. In another work, muslin cloths textured like weather worn skin are stretched into five organic forms, each seemingly compliant to a pull that makes known its delicateness with a gentle opening. Waiting for June is composed of small bake terracotta shells that reveal tender cracks that are suggestive of parched earth, poignant yet beautiful. In Shettar's sculptures and installations, she creates environments that combine the two realms, man and nature, together with graceful and dynamic forms and textures. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ranjani Shettar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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