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Forgotten Self

by Ashu Gupta
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Size: 22.5 x 27 inches
Medium: Pen, Ink and Watercolour on Paper and Embroidery on Cloth
Year: 2025

Description

This artwork tells the story of a woman who gives her entire life to her family—her love, her time, even her identity—in an effort to hold everything together and make life smoother for those around her. Slowly, parts of her begin to disappear. Her own dreams, her name, her story start to fade, until what remains is how she is known—as someone’s wife, someone’s mother, someone's daughter.
This piece is a tribute to her silent strength—a quiet acknowledgment of all that she gives, and all that she gives up, often without being seen.

  • ABOUT Ashu Gupta

    Ashu Gupta is a contemporary artist whose practice is an exercise in introspection. A graduate of the National Institute of Fashion Design in Raipur, Ashu also holds a certificate from London’s Royal College of Art Contemporary Art Summer School. She developed her artistic practice through experimentation with pattern making, allowing intricate motifs to slowly emerge as larger forms. Working predominantly with pen and ink, Ashu uses hundreds of thousands of repeating patterns and stippling in her work. In recent times, she has also incorporated experiments with other techniques such as paper piercing and thread work, in her practice. Ashu’s deeply layered, mostly monochromatic compositions offer the possibility of a new interpretation with every glance. Her subjects are always emphasized, with nothing to distract from the beauty of her stunning pieces.

    With an artistic style that is both distinct and confident, Ashu’s works have been collected by seasoned art collectors, in what are still the early years of her professional journey. Ashu has participated in several group exhibitions across India, and held solo exhibitions at Gallery Sublime, Bangalore in 2017 and at Artisera in August 2020 and August 2022. She has been nominated for the prestigious Lalit Kala Academy Awards (2016-17 and 2017-18) and the 2017 Bombay Art Society Awards. She was part of Madras Art Weekend 2024. The artist lives and works in Bangalore.

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