Sculpture that you can wear made of little tiles that he sews together by hand. each tile is about 1mm squared, they are made of clay and fired in a really hot kiln.He is interested in the contrast between reality and illusion.
Most of his work is up to 40ft long that you can walk on, to much smaller piece that are on the wall. Most of the larger work is made up of smaller piece placed together.
Kanwal wants to study the viewer, he treats his art as a study so he learns from each piece and its concept.
He has done some pieces where he took apart household furniture from the floor and reassembled it flat on the wall - turning 3D objects into 2D artworks.
'Shadow out of frame'
'Illusion' - A box shelf with a sheet of glass in the middle, the same object placed the side of the glass so it looks like a reflection.
'Horizontal Drop' - A light bulb on the end of a tap, put on its side.
'Weight Weightless' (pictured above) - Floating weight in real water, they are ceramic and hollow.
'It's My Turn' - A big lock on a small case. Humour - the lock is always being carried by the case, this is the opposite.
Tridip Sarma - MA Student in India:
Working with showing the positive and negative space, seeing the inside and the outside.
'Circus of life' - A huge wallet and a small monkey, meant to show how man is controlled by money - the monkey symbolises evolution.
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