Jagjit Chuhan (Jai) lecture

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Throughout the lecture Jagjit discussed her influences and inspirations in great detail compared to when she spoke about her own work or practice, she expressed how these influences have a huge impact on the processes of her practice.

The likes of Satyajit Ray an Indian filmmaker, Rainer Werner Fassbinder a German filmmaker, Edvard munch a Norwegian painter and Lucian Freud seem to be great influences on Jai’s work and help her develop a greater understanding of her own practice. Jai has looked at figures and capturing the human form in her paintings she looks and takes inspiration from these other artists to not only create the work but to deepen her understanding of the work, psychoanalysing her own practice further.

Often Jai’s paintings of figures are often distorted and layered as the paintings go through many changes before she feels they are done. Chuhan described how this and the use of colour is extremely important in her work, she mentioned how there’s no way anyone could know the colour or race of that figure or what they are doing and this is a great importance in her paintings.

Honestly, I don’t really know what else to say in this blog, I personally don’t resonate with Jai’s works. I’m just not really drawn to them in anyway, don’t know if that’s just because I normally find myself much more interested in works that are more physical I guess such as performances, installation, etc. however I can appreciate her deep understanding of her own work which Is definitely something I wish I had.


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