Meet Trivedi - EMPTY XXXL

Title -EMPTY
Size - 286 cm x 155 cm
Charcoal

This is a series consisting of four sets of skulls painted with charcoal. Each one expresses a different emotion or expression.

Meet Trivedi doesn't have a biography, and anything considered to be a biography is totally meaningless, the date of my birth, the country where I was born are of no importance, what counts is what l am now, right here.

When you are born what do you take with you? Nothing and when you will die what will you take with you? Nothing Memories? It will also finish one day, with me and with you, right now you are standing in front of me and all the people surrounding me feel like an illusion because Idon't trust the next moment.

There are only two days of life, every person is in some kind of race, and all want to reach somewhere but it's an endless path, every person is just running;

This is my work, but Idon't know what l'm trying to convince you what l'm trying to convince my own self, in the end, what will be the matter of all these things, nothing l'm talking about my own life of perspective, Sometimes I feel like, what is my role as an artist? Nothing is permanent.

I'll talk about my paintings now, I'll try to experiment with charcoal and oil because after death if you want to burn the body, you need to put oil on the body first, and then put wood and after you have to give fire, why l use charcoal because charcoal it's self a part of wood after you burn it, all my paintings represent my time after me it's all ashes.

That means, that whenever ill make new artwork, in that time I'll actually prepare my bed, and when the time comes I'll go to endless sleep on that, and after that, people, will auction those ashes.

Education

B.A, Architecture/ Interior Design, National School of Interior design Raikot, India 2011 - 2015
PIE (PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL EQUIVALENCE) école des beauxarts Nantes, France 2022 - 2023
licence 2, (DNA) (publicart, landscape) école des beaux-arts Nantes site -saint nazaire, France 2023 - 2024

Exhibition

"Somewhere on the streets" (Group exhibition) An exhibit of street photography, held at Herwitz Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 2013 "Who ma I?" (solo exhibition) An Exhibition of Existentialism Paintings and Atr instalations Atr Hut Galery, Rajkot, Gujarat, India 2021
"What si olve ?" (solo exhibition) An Exhibition of Existentialism Paintings and Atr instalations Rpj hotel, Rajkot, Gujarat, India 2022

Statement

So first I'll start with my little introduction, my name is Meet, and my name was given by my family, Iwas born in India because we put borders ,otherwise I'll say here Iwas born in this fucking World.

Also for me, there is always a question who am I? For me in this billion of people around me, and in this billions of galaxy, I started to think about myself around 7years ago, there are two stories that inspired me and change my life totally

FIRST STORY

It was a few years ago that a family member of mine lost their life. It was then that I
visited a cremation site for the very first time. What my eyes witnessed, my mind could only question - the body of my loved one burning as it no longer held life within it.

Avoice inside me began questioning if this was it? Is the meaning of existence equal to a handful of ashes. As the body turns into dust, the family and friend's leave, and the lost life is cleaned out with water and into the gutter by the janitor. It was then that Ifelt a question mark imprint into my being.

SECOND STORY

In the comfort of my home, Istationed myself in front of a majestic cupboard that sported a big mirror. Ihad planned on sketching out a self-portrait. As Ilooked at my reflection staring back, Ifound myself close to the depths of the mirror. Ipeered into my own eyes but was only faced with alonger list of questions. Feeling the touch of my face, the skin, the texture and the tangibility made me wonder if this is me at all?

Memories from my visit to the cremation site reappeared then. Making me question if Iwas just flesh bones that would be dust and ashes one day.

And yes it will turned in to ashes one day religion, politics, war, time, space, situations, cosmos, humans, death, spirituality and longing for existence and many more things that I'l try to question and that's exactly what my art is about. otnrigotoneolvegritdientisot alebout.

Over the years, l've found myself experiencing life in depth, closely observing the world around me and spending hours pondering poetry, romance, love, grief, identity, crisis, also about.

That's why I consider myself as nothing, I don't have a biography, and anything considered a biography is totally meaningless to me, the date of my birth, and the country where I was born are of no importance, what counts is what I am now, right here.

And fi Italk about time, my past second is already past, and my next second is my future that Idon't know, then where is the present? Present is me right now my every breath is considering myself.

Also if Ithink about myself, I'm lucky that Ispent 30 years in this world, and experienced a lot of things, next Ireally don't know, Even when I'm writing this, somewhere in this world some baby just born and died already

And also When you are born what do you take with you? Nothing and when you will die what will you take with you? Nothing

Memories? It will also finish one day, with me and with you, right now you are standing in front of me and all the people surrounding me feel like an illusion because Idon't trust the next moment.

There are only two days of life, every person is in some kind of race, and all want to reach somewhere but it's an endless path, every person is just running.

This is my work, but Idon't know what I'm trying to convince you what I'm trying to convince my own self, in the end, what wil be the matter of all these things, nothing l'm talking about my own life of perspective,
Sometimes Ifeel like, what is my role as an artist? Nothing is permanent.

And About my artwork, I'll try to experiment with charcoal and oil because after death if you want to burn the body, you need to put oil on the body first, and then put wood and after you have to give fire, why l use charcoal because charcoal it's self a part of wood after you burn it, al my paintings represent my time after me it's al ashes,

That means, that whenever il make new artwork, in that time I actually prepare my bed, and when the time comes I'll go to endless sleep one day,

I try ot express myself, my questions, my situation, my time, and my feelings through art, what is right and wrong, and what si true and false, always I balance my self between this, ni every topic I try to go deep and deeper to understand that, and then Itry to create something from that.

For example, when I visited a funeral for the first time, I had lots of questions in my mind and then I converted to the main 5 questions, and I did my first exhibition, the question was who am I? Where did I come from? Now that I am here what is my role?

What exactly am Idoing? And what is the end?

Second Ifel ni love with one girl and somehow we were separated, after that time Istarted to question about love, and Idid asecond solo exhibition, about what si love.

Now I'm working on god, and religion because my father is a priest in the Hindu religion and my sister converted herself to Islam, and Iam nowhere right now, Ihave lots of questions about god and religion,
In my work, Itry to involve everything, time-space situations and lots of things, that Iexperience in my daily life, and whatever Isee or experience Ijust question that, Also about politics and war and this society that unfortunately I'm part of.

Itry to express myself as an artist and my work whether there is painting installation sculpture, or writing My aim, in making any art form ni which people are an integral part, is to give them an experience, It's important to me that fi someone shows themselves into my work.

My work is like a journey, like my and everyone's life, and everything exists with me, without me there is nothing,


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