Painted spaces: an exploration through embodied and expansive practice

This article investigates the nature of perceptual and actual spaces created occupied by painting. The focus is on two artistic projects taken up author that incorporate sculptural elements site-specific explorations to create a series work. body work retains characteristics unique These are situated against background similar trend in contemporary painting sees many painters taking their painterly gesture outside bounds flat surface canvas. investigation also search for establishing theory-practice relation as author's own practice analysed with support Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological theory embodied perception. proposes radical notion sensation an active reflective process vision works unity different tactile kinaesthetic senses. Reflective analysis evolving – from two-dimensional canvas expansive installations terrain Himalayan village opens productive opportunity exploring how paintings respond space. Application pigments through gestural brushstrokes appropriate surfaces strategically positioning these painted following compositional rules ways creating expanded