Anjali Sapra lives and works in New Delhi. Having trained at the Triveni Kala Sangam; New Delhi for a number of years; she subsequently apprenticed under a senior artist. Her desire for experimentation leads her to use a variety of mediums- pen and ink, tea and coffee water, watercolor, gouache, egg tempera, oil and metallic foil. She has also experimented with sculpture in mixed metal and camphor wood. The paper used is handmade, some of it made by the handicapped. Its imperfections render each piece unique and serve to remind one of the imperfections existing in nature. She uses natural pigment to create colors, which give the surface an intense, saturated, color drenched look. This combined with the sheen of the metallic foil, underscore the richness of the all-inclusive philosophy that inspired it. She seeks to create organically unified works, where the material and medium used is as natural and basic as the matter it seeks to convey.
Her personal view is that all enduring religions, philosophies and literature essentially seek and seek to convey the unassailable truth. And so, in her work, whispers of T.S. Eliot coexist with immortal couplets from Kabir; echoes of Tao are juxtaposed with Vedantic symbolism; illusions give reality, expression. Drawing on various religious and spiritual texts; poetry and literature, Anjali’s work cuts across linguistic and cultural divides. She creates a language uniquely her own and attempts to convey that which defies description and definition.
Her work is a celebration of life; a reminder how positive energy brings joy and hope to the challenges of the human experience.
