Affirmations

This artwork is part of a series by Ashu Gupta titled “Dialogues”, that depict a range of emotions, ideas, inner thoughts, and feelings. The contemporary artist chooses different subjects, delving into their consciousness and bringing to life their internal dialogues. Showcasing breathtaking detailing in her work, Ashu uses the intricacy of her chosen techniques to make a poignant statement about the complexity of human thought, dreams and desires that are often unspoken.
“Affirmations” is a self-portrait in which Ashu considers how her own internal dialogue relates to universal human emotions. The thought cloud sees thirty-five of the artist’s personal affirmations repeated in a continuous, tangled web. While the words emerge from Ashu’s personal narrative, they represent larger issues of the human condition. Muted tones of grey, blue and black, chosen because they are the artist’s favourite sartorial shades, are meticulously rendered through a pattern of intricate circles. The work is an example of the skill with which Ashu allows light and shadow to emerge organically through her patterns.