Atita’s close observation of the natural elements around her suburban Mumbai home is a poignant reminder of our ignorance of the omnipresent, in favour of the exotic. She lends the observed flora a tone of the macabre, a poignant reminder of our co-dependence and wilful destruction of the world around us.
When flowers will die we will die
Terracotta. Variable
They lived here before me
Etching, series of 10 prints. Edition of 10 prints. Print size - 5.1 x 5.1cm each, Paper size - 15.2 x 15.2 cm.
Atita’s homage to the minutiae that live in her backyard. Championing the microcosm that she inhabits, by cataloging and chronicling each little creature and foliage.
Atita Taware
Atita Taware is a printmaker and ceramist from Thane, researching the micro-eco systems around her. To see more of Atita's work head over to @atitataware