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Nirmal Raja
Blurred Boundaries
2019, Site specific installation of screen printed and hand cut hanji (Korean paper) and maps

This installation utilizes screen-printed and hand-cut maps and Hanji paper to create layers upon layers of complexity. Playing with the polarities of micro and macro, I use screen-printed patterns sourced from electron microscope scans of Hanji paper which then inform my cutting. Hanji helps make the maps pliable, yet strong giving the work a sense of movement and fluidity. The piece seeks to disturb and displace the very intent of a “map” to locate and identify. In this era of global movement, this work is an act of disregarding boundaries that divide us and asks the viewer to contemplate matter and also what constitutes our interconnected world.

Nirmal Raja
Fault Lines:
North Korea / South Korea
India / Pakistan
Syria / Turkey
Gaza Strip
Mexico / USA
2019
Embroidery on silk organza
21 x 48 inches each

Nirmal Raja
Measuring the Sky:
Daylight
Sunset
Grey Skies
Daybreak
2019
Cast plaster, gouache, and clear resin (made from archaic, precolonial measuring cups)
Set of 4 dimensions variable

Nirmal Raja
From the Void
2018
Watercolor on paper.
15 x 15 inches

Nirmal Raja
From the Void
2018
Watercolor on paper.
15 x 15 inches

Nirmal Raja
Memory of Spices
2019
10 multiples of cast plasters and various spices.
Overall dimensions: 17.25 x 48 x 8 inches; each 4.75 x 5.25

Nirmal Raja
Contained - A Still Life
2019
Cast plaster and fabric
Dimensions variable

6. Honeymoon in Jammu (From Contained -

Nirmal Raja

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