TRANSCENDING FORMS by BHARVI TRIVEDI recent solo show @ Ahmedabad 2019 Everything has a perception attached, a conditioning that we often carry within as we grow up and start labeling them. This relates not only to people but also the objects around us. Transcending Forms is a series of work that explores objects beyond its confined limits thereby trying to look at it in a different way and understand its own demands and limitations while creating an artwork. My journey with objects began in 2011 when I first visited Varanasi known as the spiritual capital. The city of Shiva. I observed the place, its people, the culture and its tremendous vibrancy. Sitting on the Ghats for hours and observing it’s various dimensions and flavors, I realized that it has its own nature. It was there that I felt I wanted to work on this subject not the way it is but the way I saw, the way I felt and the way I perceived. Returning back, I was clueless how