[UPDATE: OMG!]
Her work is on display at the Newport Beach Public Library, and it is stunning.
“Eva Malhotra is an artist who sculpts paint.” – Betty Ann Brown
You know how you know I’m getting older?
Art.
Like tearing pages out of magazines and ticky-tacking them to my wall no longer counts as art. Or decor for that matter. Like I pay money for photos to be printed first on gatorboard, then I graduated to canvas. Like I suddenly think these paintings (? sculptings? paintures?) are rad.
So as I am now adulting, I am happy to know that Malhorta used wood panels, which she covers with twelve to fifteen layers of colored paints. Then she takes printmaking tools–cutters, carvers, gouges, and knives–and makes marks on the surface. The result is this awesome, tactile, meditative experience.
And I felt that just looking at them in a public library (albeit the gorgeous NBPL).
Now if only I could figure out how (to afford) to buy a piece.
Sigh #adulting