Prabhavathi Meppayil seventy one twenty five, 2025

Prabhavathi Meppayil transposes in her works the techniques and materials associated with the ancestral craft of goldsmithery into a contemporary plastic language that belongs to the modernist canon, whether by embedding metal wires in layers of white gesso, or by marking its surface with tools traditionally used by goldsmiths. Meppayil’s practice is process oriented, focusing on materials and tools.

This work consists of wooden shapes covered with a uniform layer of white gesso. Arranged in an orderly pattern, the object has a varied surface on which light and shade play, creating ever changing constellations depending on the point of view of the observer.