India's Outsider Artist, Looking In: Bharti Kher | Brilliant Ideas Ep. 8

Feminist, mythology narrator and quasi-anthropologist are just some of the titles that describe artist Bharti Kher, currently at the center stage of the Indian contemporary art scene. Kher was born in London in 1969 and earned a BFA at Newcastle Polytechnic before moving to India in 1993. She currently lives and works out of New Delhi. Unique Indian sentiments and colors are abundant in her art, which address topics of culture and tradition with a refined contemporary sensibility.

The artist takes inspirations from India’s history and philosophy, but also from more mundane daily moments. With her original takes, the issues are transformed into sublime art forms that defy classification. She kindles new thought in viewers of India and across the globe, inviting them into a mysterious, beautiful world of art.