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Maya Burman: Art Blends East & West
4 Mar
Summary
- Artist Maya Burman blends European and Indic civilizations in her intricate art.
- Her work often features circular tondo paintings, a Renaissance art form.
- Burman's art reflects her Franco-Indian heritage, influenced by diverse dance forms.
Paris-born artist Maya Burman, trained as an architect, has concluded an exhibition in Mumbai. Her diverse artistic practice encompasses painting, drawing, and mural commissions, demonstrating a unique fusion of European and Indic civilizations. Burman frequently returns to the tondo, a circular painting form popularized during the Renaissance, rendered with the precision of her architectural training.
Her creations often feature intricate botanical motifs alongside elements from her Eastern Indian heritage, such as folk art and puppet figures. Burman's figures, whether children or adults, draw from diverse genealogies, blending influences like Degas' ballerinas with classical and folk dancers from India. This transcultural approach mirrors her own background as the daughter of a French mother and a Bengali Indian father.
The exhibition highlighted Burman's exploration of time through her art, referencing stages of life from childhood to maturity. Her lively tableaux depict intimate dramas, emphasizing the creative energy that shapes and re-fashions identity. The works serve as iconographic symbols of feminine power, connecting viewers to nature and varied currents of reality beyond personal experience.
