The Shapes of My Heartbreak

The Shapes of My Heartbreak by Tanya Minhas

Chashama, 266 West 37 Street Gallery, New York

October 1 - 17, 2015

Chashama Press Release:

"In her ephemeral wall drawing installation The Shapes of My Heartbreak, outsider artist and painter Tanya Minhas will use acrylics and ink to draw her repetitive artwork directly onto the walls and window of chashama's 266 West 37th gallery space. The gallery will remain open to viewers for a set time each day while she draws.

At the end of the project, at the tail end of the October 16 reception, she will begin erasing the entire installation, repainting the walls their original color.

This specific installation is inspired by the search for her own visceral visual language to express how outwardly fleeting moments – of love, loss, guilt, joy, redemption, abandon – have touched her spirit. Her work is an invitation to step into her world for just one moment. It is a harmony blending the external and the internal.

This will be the artist's first "destruction and erasure" of her own work. However, it is in fact a celebration of freedom – of not being attached to her creation, of knowing that the spark of this specific visual language is alive within her being."

Photography by Brian Buckley.

Minhas, Tanya. The Shapes of My Heartbreak. Chashama, October 1, 2015.