Janhavi Khemka
Bio
Janhavi Khemka is a freelance artist who lives in Varanasi, India and is currently a master's student at Kala Bhavan Visva Bharat in Santiniketan, India. She specializes in print making, but completing her master's has enabled her to explore other media, including installation art, perdormance art, and machine art. Khemka is deaf and views art as a language through which she can communicate.
(All information from Janhavi Khemka's website)
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Image Descriptions
"Lip Reading" Description: This image shows eight plates on a white background. The plates are arranged in two rows of four plates each. The plates are mostly identical. They are all round with a round piece of glass in the center. Around the outsides of the pieces of glass are larger black circles with an ornate pattern of grey leaves radiating out from the glass. The plates only differ in that each has a unique image etched into the glass. These white etched images show a mouth in different formations, as if forming different sounds.
"Away From the Pain -- Life is Beautiful" Description: At the bottom center of this image is a woman on a scooter. She wears a helmet and sunglasses and has a brooch shaped like a rose. On either side of the woman are small sculptures of elephants. Horizontally across the page at the height of the woman's head is an ornate emerald design. Above this design is a landscape of mountains and rivers. Houses dot the mountains. There is also a cable car, a paragliders, and three boats in the background.
"Sudhanvi" Description: These image features two figures sitting on the ground with their legs crossed. The figures are seated next to each other and hold hands. Each figure has their outside arm raised over their chest with their palms facing their bodies. The figure on the left wears a red sari and the figure on the right wears a navy blue outfit. The figures sit on a blue rug with white detailing. Behind the figures is a grey background with white lettering (the writing is not in English so I am not sure what it says). In the upper left corner of the image is a grey moon.