Eva Malhotra says, “Women are invisible to men, except for the field of lust. All their achievements, talent and abilities are not taken care of.” Perhaps an unusual statement of an artist when discussing his exhibition in Bengaluru, but not as strange as his life experience that reflects women’s ordinances worldwide.
Seven canvas on performance in his series, calls the mistic, an unusual presentation of the space, time and the universe, as well as the holy and scripts are also presented as the essence. Executed as carved acrylic and copper foil carved on the canvas, each piece creates a sense of secret, surprise and curiosity.
Early grounding
Born for an American father and a mother who was Mexican, Eva spent the first 10 years of her life to Los Angeles in Mexico. Eva says, “We lived very close to the border in Mexico and we used to cross the United States every day in the United States to go to school.
Growing up in a huge joint family in Mexico, Eva says that her house was working with cousins, uncle and aunt, some of whom were in the same age group. “The conversation around the dining table revolves around politics and current affairs, and my understanding has been opened for the outside world.”
Artist Eva Malhotra | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“My native grandfather was a commercial artist and his paint and work were always around. There was also a piano in the house, so we all grew up with art and music.”
It is a matter of regret that a series of tragic events marked Eva’s childhood. The death of the brother of a child, his mother and brother -in -law admitted to the long hospital, as well as the separation of her parents not only left a deep impact, but also exposed her to the ugly acts of religious prejudice, inequality, abuse and racism. It is ironic how the Gods and Goddesses are revered but women are humiliated on so many levels.
She says, “I was made aware of the discriminatory treatment that brings religion, even though Jesus Christ and his teachings are inclusive, and all these injustice developed my important thinking skills at an early age,” she says.
The school Eva in Mexico has a pride in ancient Mexican culture and civilization. “The world only knows about Maya and Aztec, but Olmec, Teotihuaksa and Toltech, were not less. We had a malignant past that was suppressed by colonists, and after settling in the US, I refused to buy their discrimination against Hispanis.”
Work on progress
Eva says that her mother was quite curious that she got a good education, and “always encouraged us to become professional” because she first knew how important it was. She says, “My mother regularly took us to the local library and I was very interested in mythology and fairy tales,” she says that it caused a attraction with Spanish literature, which she began to study.
A piece from a call from a call by artist Eva Malhotra. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Eva finally became a lawyer, with classes in political science, history and economics, with arts theory. This was when she was studying in Berkeley, that she had met Krishi Malhotra, was doing her LLM (Master of Lodge), and she got married.
During a trip to the Asian Arts Museum in San Francisco, a piece of art by a Japanese artist on Dark Wood fascinated Eva. “It was a carving and it fascinated me. I felt that the wind flowing through the grass in that piece inspired me to work with wood.”
“I started collecting small items, which I would find in the street-nails, wires, glass or pieces of stones-and hammer them in wood to make many of my-layered compositions.”
A piece from a call from a call by artist Eva Malhotra. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
A series called Cosmos was well received and as soon as she proceeded with her art, she took to use lacquer and to build encocystical functions, where heat is used throughout the process, to fuse the layers of various media over the canvas.
However, his innovative thoughts became a creative channel of all trauma, which he did. “I was working with wood carving devices, experimenting with moderate and technology, making a beauty option based on volumes, form, line and harmony.”
“But the important thing is that what I found was that the movement and rhythm were building emotional power in me,” the artists say, those pieces were the work of gauzing, neling and scraping on those pieces. “After a while, I started adding oil colors to the grooves along with natural colors such as turmeric and indigo.”
“Sometimes when I work it would be like exposing almost an old mark, and it will bring painful memories.”
“I remember that I was suffering from sexual abuse and inappropriate feeling of fear, responsibility, guilt and fear. Due to the early beginning of adolescence, I was hunted by men and harassed by my companions. In my work, humiliation and isolation in my work found the title of Vulnas.
It was the first exhibition of Eva and was in the mid -50s at that time.
Even when he found his drain, the NAFTA Treaty (1994) came into effect between the United States and Mexico and Eva said that it saw how the economy born a temporary population of working women. “It leads to more exploitation as well as human and limb smuggling,” she says.
Artist Eva Malhotra with Fredericko Salas, Ambassador of Mexico in India, in Gallery. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“It has also increased in Famicides in Mexico. Over the years, I have studied Fehests and it turns out that it happens all over the world. In Mexico, stabbing, while in the Middle East, it is from pelting women. Guns are used in the United States and India, they are burst.
Size and form
All the functions of Eva are not executed on the canvas – there are some sculptures and art performances, such as Request for a woman, While this silence is killing me, it came when she used silk with oils and the frightening memories of misuse came back with the spirit of that clothes. However, she says that all her art was not stems from dark events, “There were also moments of gaiety and surprise, which found a place in my compositions.”
She recalls an African Objate D’Aart embedded with circular mirrors. “As I raised it, I caught my eye in that mirror, it was one of the most electrified experiences I had.
“Mirror Mosaic reflected the way you smile, the way you smile, just with your lips or your eyes, and more.
“This is about introspection. If we are honest with ourselves, we constantly want to see if our conduct is a dish with our values ​​and how we understand ourselves. While it can fulfill the constant self -criticism, for me, almost something is sacred how you see yourself, when you are really looking inside.”
World art
Eva has worked on every series, arising out of the influence of the events around it whether it was Bajo La Misma Luna (about the boundaries or status, gender preference, religion or identity) or Maxican writer inspired by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo “whose work is an abstract painting, can interpreted.”
Eva Malhotra encourages visitors to feel the design of their work photo credits: Special arrangements
Inspired by the Juan Rulfo, the series is currently displayed in Chile with the work of art by Juan’s son, Pablo Rulfo in Chile.
The call came to the mistake in this way. “India is a spiritual and mysterious place; I could join it as I did with my ancestors, the original people of Mexico.”
“Mayans were great astronomers and had great knowledge of the universe and the movement of the Moon, planets and stars. They had about 20 calendars, which they had to train or heal, followed to heal physically, mentally and emotionally.
Unlike other exhibitions, the visitors who call the mistic invite to touch the works of art and to reveal to its texture, because “you can really know my work unless you see it not only with your eyes, but also with your hands. When you touch it, you will verify what you are watching and you are deepening my work.”
From calls to Mistic – The Counter of Time and Ilo Tempor, two pieces – from August 7, will be in Bihar Museum Bienle in Patna from August 7. Eva will be part of a seminar on issues of sympathy, memory and conflict within the museums at the same place on 8 August.
Inspired by mythology and ancient texts, a call has been made by Mexican artist Eva Malhotra for Mystic, a 75 -year diplomatic relations between Mexico and India, and the ambassador of Mexico in the city, and Sandeep Maini, Mexico’s Maxico in Bengalu, were introduced in the city.
Call to Mistic will be on performance in Gallery Ji by July 14, 2025
