Heart on the Sleeve: Photos by Sridevi Thumati
"Heart on the Sleeve:" New Photos by Sridevi Thumati
A Mother's Creativity
June 4 through July 23, 2010
Sridevi Thumati says her new series of work began the moment she entered motherhood. Just as an artist thinks of the artwork as "her baby", Thumati's baby became the source of a new series of work.
The photographic artworks that she calls "Heart on the Sleeve" combine digital photography with the rich indigo blues of the cyanotype method. The cyanotype method is a photographic printing process that creates two-color prints in white and a bright cyan blue. The blueprints that engineers and architects use are created with the same method.
The "Heart on the Sleeve" series is on view at the Brookline Arts Center from June 4 through July 23, 2010. There will be an opening reception for Sridevi Thumati's "Heart on the Sleeve" on Saturday, June 19 from 5 - 7pm. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public.
"With motherhood, I display my feelings frankly and openly," says the artist. "This body of work represents my willingness to accept my role as a mother, while I also attempt to hold onto every shred of who I was before I became a mother."
Thumati divides her time between fine art photography and portraiture; she was trained in New Delhi, India and Rockport, Maine. Now a resident of Medford, Massachusetts, Thumati has also worked as a freelance photographer in Mumbai, India.
"Sridevi uses photography as a method of exploring personal and societal dilemmas, whether she is in India or in Boston and whether the subject is herself or a client," according to Susan Navarre, executive director of the Brookline Arts Center.