Anju Datta

was born in Switzerland and raised in Austria, She immigrated to the United States and studied Fine Arts at the Art Institute of Philadelphia and University of Illinois.  Later, she moved with her family to Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Anju and her husband started and ran  a successful business while raising their four children, she resumed her art practice in earnest in 2006. Although Anju was trained  as a painter, she soon began incorporating sculptural elements into her work. Next came studies in found copper pieces whose strength and malleability allowed her to experiment with free standing sculptures as well as wall hung pieces. Most recently, her focus has been on a range of found materials and antique industrial objects which she fashions into witty and aesthetic constructions.

The meaning of these works is never predetermined, but emerges during the process of making. This process brings fresh possibilities to bear on ready-made objects that have lost their intended purpose. In forming an integral part of a sculpture, the object acquires new function and meaning. As elements of potential movement, transition, balance, counter-balance, gravity and weightlessness are taken into consideration, a new relationship between objects transpires, and a structural entity is formed. Within these entities, unoccupied space bears as much significance as occupied space. The idea of momentum inherently suggested by a wheel or a foot creates a visual potential of movement and continuity. Thus, a thought, an idea, becomes tangible and available to the viewer for interpretation.  Anju has exhibited her work in Kingston and in Toronto.

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