Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong is proud to present the 3rd solo show by Bharti Kher “Many, (too) many, more than before” from 22 November to 29 December 2012. Bharti Kher’s oeuvre, which spans more than two decades and includes paintings, sculptures and ready-made objects, installations, displays an unwavering relationship with surrealism, narrative and the nature of things - inspired by a wide range of sources from Oppenheim to Bourgeois, Bacon and Blake, Kher’s work moves through time using reference as a counter point and contradiction as a visual tool . Her chimeras, mythical monsters and allegorical tales combine references that are topical and traditional, political and post-colonial at the same time.

In the exhibition “Many, (too) many, more than before”, she has drawn saris from their domestic settings to erect them as statues on cement pedestals. The saris knotted & impregnated with glaze resin could emphasize the imprint, the absence of a person or could be interpreted as female totems (“Portrait of a lady”).

The universe of feminity and its sensuality is also palpable in her works covered by bindis - symbol of the third eye, that which observes every aspect of life, especially what is invisible and hidden from view, in particular the broken mirrors. New paintings of bindis on wood, evoke delicately the infinity of the cells, the complex capillary system, the heart beats, everything related to the body and its imperceptible topography (“Biology”, 2012 ; “Physics”, 2012 ; “Chemistry”, 2012 ; “Geography”, 2012 ; “History”, 2012).