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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
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    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
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