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Art During Lockdown at Plan B. Artist Studios: Unnati Singh and Siddhartha Kararwal



Unnati Singh, From the project, Stoned, 2020
Photo 
© Francis Gomila 2020

In March and April during the height of the Coronavirus pandemic Unnati Singh and Siddhartha Kararwal, two visiting artists from India, experienced weeks in lockdown unable to return home.
Below is a photo essay by Francis Gomila that serves as a striking record of the artists working through that experience.

PLAN B. Artist Studios is an artist mentoring residency program in which invited artists run a variety of innovative residencies, art encounters, workshops and retreats.
The program was founded and is directed by the artist, Francis Gomila.

*All images © The Artists and Plan B. Artist Studios


Artists in residence at Plan B. Artist Studios: Unnati Singh (Mumbai) and Siddhartha Kararwal (Jaipur) Photo © Francis Gomila 2020

 Unnati Singh

Unnati Singh's artworks are an exploration into unfamiliar territories, journeys into uncharted dimensions, which aims to reveal parallel worlds in which conscious and subconscious clash into each other.
Singh lives and works in Mumbai, India.



"My practice responds to the space /site I am working in. I see each work of art as an alternative method of recording time which allows me to create a new narrative for my art and my own practice in each case."
Siddhartha Kararwal lives and works in Jaipur, India.



Unnati Singh, Olive Press, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020


Unnati Singh, Olive Press, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020


Unnati Singh, Stoned, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020


Unnati Singh, Stoned, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020


Siddhartha Kararwal, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020



Siddhartha Kararwal, Allegory 20/20, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020


Video still from Allegory 20/20. A video performance by Siddhartha Kararwal, 2020See video (HERE) Photo © Francis Gomila Films 2020


Siddhartha Kararwal and Unnati Singh, Plan B. Artist Studios, March / April, 2020
Photo courtesy of the artists.



Unnati Singh, Web, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020

Unnati Singh, Web, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020

Siddhartha Kararwal, Hot Spot, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020

Unnati Singh, Fragile, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020

Siddhartha Kararwal, from Allegory 20/20, 2020 Photo © Francis Gomila 2020


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