Radhika Khimji Artworks

According to the artist's statement, Radhika Khimji's works are 'at once painting, a drawing and a collage' as well as 'an embroidery and a sculpture'. Employing various mediums, Khimji constructs intentionally ambiguous artworks that evade categorisation.

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Shifters

Khimji's ongoing concern with the body traces back to 'Shifters', a series of plywood works that take the form of fragmented bodies in movement. Also known as the 'Cut Outs', 'Shifters' in turn derives from an earlier series of collages that the artist began in 2002, which also revolved around human forms and gestures.

In 'Shifters', Khimji moved beyond the rectangular confines of collage to create anthropomorphic cut-outs from plywood. Resembling dancing or moving bodies, they are often covered in brightly coloured and intricate patterns, as seen in the three distinct forms of Squat (2005), or painted with lumpy forms evocative of human musculature, as in Sitting (2009).

The dot is a recurring motif in Khimji's work, which she describes as 'the visualisation of a human gesture' in her 2021 conversation with Ocula Magazine. In Right Leg Up (2008), for instance, the semi-translucent Plexiglas figure raises its leg up, from which emanates an orange and brown cloud perforated with dots made by burning holes into paper. Just as the act of raising a leg embodies the movement of a body in space, the holes or the cavities hint at the human gestures that created them.

Parachutes

Another recurring motif in Khimji's practice is the parachute, which the artist considers as a metaphor for 'an external drive' and commonly drapes over walls, buildings, or even rocks. In Safe Landings (2010), her first solo exhibition in Oman, Khimji installed parachutes across Barka Fort in addition to her cut-out works; the parachutes also made their way to Marrakech as part of the 6th Marrakech Biennale in 2016, where they appeared at the El Badi Palace. In presenting parachutes in different places, Khimji raises questions about whether the parachutes, in relation to the specificity of their site, can be read as symbols of hope or abandonment.

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Sense was out of line, a simple rocket launching over by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting, photography
Radhika Khimji Sense was out of line, a simple rocket launching over, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
29 x 36 cm
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Boom boom on my TV by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji Boom boom on my TV, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
120 x 100 cm
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Two bars tell the time by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting, mixed media
Radhika Khimji Two bars tell the time, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood and oil on polyester
100 x 98 cm
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U turn over blocks by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting, textile
Radhika Khimji U turn over blocks, 2024 Oil and thread on gesso and photo transfer
20.6 x 26 cm
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Widen out the center, let it spin by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting, textile
Radhika Khimji Widen out the center, let it spin, 2024 Oil and thread on gesso and photo transfer
20.6 x 26 cm
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I can limp over my body, under my skin by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting, textile
Radhika Khimji I can limp over my body, under my skin, 2024 Oil and thread on gesso and photo transfer
20.6 x 26 cm
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Breaks in the heart pocket, arrow rocket by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting, mixed media, textile
Radhika Khimji Breaks in the heart pocket, arrow rocket, 2024 Oil and thread on gesso and photo transfer
20.6 x 26 cm
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I can see through you by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting, mixed media
Radhika Khimji I can see through you, 2024 Oil and gesso on photo transfer and birch plywood
183 x 122 x 5 cm
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Inner peaks, inner shields, they wear away by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting, mixed media
Radhika Khimji Inner peaks, inner shields, they wear away, 2024 Oil and gesso on photo transfer and birch plywood
183 x 122 x 5 cm
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Cave holes white dots by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting, print
Radhika Khimji Cave holes white dots, 2022 Oil on digital print on polyester
300 x 207 cm
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Coming forward by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting, print
Radhika Khimji Coming forward, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
29 x 36 x 3 cm
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Basic shapes from home by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji Basic shapes from home, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
29 x 36 x 3 cm
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Expanded chest by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji Expanded chest, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
29 x 36 x 2.5 cm
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On the mat by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji On the mat, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
29 x 36 x 2.5 cm
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Inter placed by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji Inter placed, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
29 x 36 x 2.5 cm
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Bat wings by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji Bat wings, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
29 x 36 x 2.5 cm
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When I trip, I trip by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji When I trip, I trip, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
48 x 60 x 2.5 cm
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Lips by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji Lips, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
48 x 60 x 2.5 cm
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I found this compass by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji I found this compass, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
48 x 60 x 2.5 cm
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Which pulse waits, hesitates by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji Which pulse waits, hesitates, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
48 x 60 x 2.5 cm
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Outlines talking (2 parts) by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji Outlines talking (2 parts), 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on paper & oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
97 x 86 cm
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It kept piercing, relentless by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji It kept piercing, relentless, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
122 x 93.5 x 5 cm
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Thumb nail by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji Thumb nail, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
61 x 63 x 5 cm
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Another orbit by Radhika Khimji contemporary artwork painting
Radhika Khimji Another orbit, 2023 Oil and gesso on photo transfer on birch plywood
120 x 120 x 3 cm
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