Mango Tree Rituals

Arpita Singh uses everyday objects to help document the daily occurrences of her life. Her works are marked by her unabashed use of a bright luminous palette to capture the diversity of life with its endless stream of cars, guns, airplanes, teacups, flowers and animals. Her works use metaphors to communicate the artist's fears and dreams. The overall image is one of a mirage where "...the images float suspended within gelatinous fields, each element acting as an amoeba, single celled yet wholly dependent on the entirety of the host for life." (P. Nagy, 'The Simplest of Means of Arpita Singh', Arpita Singh: Memory Jars, New Paintings and Watercolors, Bose Pacia Gallery, Exhibition Catalogue, New York, 2003.)

A central female form surrounded by vignettes from daily life is a common choice of composition. Of late, the vulnerable naked body of a post-menopausal woman dominates the images of Arpita's art; "...these are images that bespeak the tender pathos of the less than comely woman who is not past desiring." (D. Ananth, 'Femine Fables', Arpita Singh: Memory Jars, New Paintings and Watercolors, Bose Pacia Gallery, Exhibition Catalogue, New York, 2003.)