by Seema Lisa Pandya

sculpture - painting photography

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© Seema Lisa Pandya .  Title: Rhythm Within

Rhythm Within - by Seema Lisa Pandya 2017 is hand crafted by Seema Lisa Pandya and made from used tabla pudis (the skins of the Indian classical tabla drum) donated by tabla schools and professional tabla percussionists. Each round 'pudi' has had hundreds of hours of concentrated energetic rhythmic practice by musicians until the skin is no longer usable. "I was once a former student learning to play the tablas. When I hear the sound of the tabla (especially the deeper bhya drum) and was taught different rhythmic patterns indicative to classical Indian music, I experience these sounds visually as a rhythmical "push-pull" "inhale-exhale" balance that is a fundamental building block of natural forms. I have woven these rhythmical instrument parts together to represent these forms."  26"x26"x15"

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Amoebic Light Void 03 is part of a series by Seema Lisa Pandya inspired by an exploration of form and the boundary between negative and positive space. The piece expresses a deep seeded personal belief that reality exists only in the relationships between things, and is not composed actually of ‘things’ in and of themselves. To this end, this piece creates the appearance of egg shaped form inside the piece that is neither solid positive space, nor just carved out void space. I celebrate this relationship by highlighting the shared boundary edge between the negative and positive space with light and color.

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Tabla Bulge - by Seema Lisa Pandya 2016 made from used tabla pudis (the skins of the Indian classical tabla drum) donated by tabla schools and professional tabla percussionists. Each round 'pudi' has had hundreds of hours of concentrated energetic rhythmic practice by musicians until the skin is no longer usable. Seema has woven these rhythmical instrument parts together into forms she describes as representative of a rhythmical "push-pull" "inhale-exhale" balance that is a fundamental building block of natural forms. 22"x 24"x 10'-0"

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Tabla Geodesica - by Seema Lisa Pandya 2016: Hand woven used tabla pudis (the skins of the Indian classical tabla drum) and leather straps. The tabla drum heads have been  donated by tabla schools and musicians. Each round 'pudi' has had hundreds of hours of concentrated practice by musicians until the skin is no longer usable and is discarded. 28"x28"x18"

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Fountain House LIving Wall by Seema Lisa Pandya 2015 10'-0" x 9'-0" x 2'-0": This project is a free standing self lit hydroponic living wall sculpture for the Fountain House culinary unit, a wellness a mental health institution in Manhattan. The sculpture is mounted on movable casters and is made of solid oak wrapped around a steel frame. The central vertical structure houses the hydroponic mechanisms hidden behind a functional door. The project was built with the help of Signs and Wonders and Rush Designs construction team. http://www.seemalisapandya.com/installation/

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'Tabla Feedback' by Seema Lisa Pandya 2016  is an installation art piece made from almost 100 used tabla puris (the skins of the Indian classical tabla drum) donated by tablas schools (Taalim School) and many musicians. Each round 'puri' has had hundreds of hours of concentrated practice by musicians until the skin is no longer usable. The skins are woven together into the form of a large funnel feeding back into itself representing the conical form of sound/ music and the dynamic dialogue nature of the 'Jugalbandhi'. Jugalbandhi literally means ‘entwined twins’. In Indian classical music it refers to a duet between two melodic performers with percussion. This was installed as part of Brooklyn Raga Massive's Residency at Pioneer Works in Red Hook Brooklyn - 5'-0"x 5'-0"x 5"-0" by Seema Lisa Pandya 2016 http://www.seemalisapandya.com/installation/

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Christmas Tree Massacre 2015 - by Seema Lisa Pandya

30 million Christmas trees are discarded in the US every year. Every year after New Years, New Yorkers and the rest of the country tosses what once was alive evergreen pines and fur trees out on the curb for disposal. Every year I walk around seeing dead corpses. This year I chose to personify it... Welcome to the CHRISTMAS TREE MASSACRE! With help from my cohorts, we hit the streets of Brooklyn and hung cartoon dead faces and toe tags on already tossed out trees. MORE INFO ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREES HERE! http://www.seemalisapandya.com/christmastreemassacre

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Christmas Tree Massacre 2015-  by Seema Lisa Pandya. 

30 million Christmas trees are discarded in the US every year. Every year after New Years, New Yorkers and the rest of the country tosses what once was alive evergreen pines and fur trees out on the curb for disposal. Every year I walk around seeing dead corpses. This year I chose to personify it... Welcome to the CHRISTMAS TREE MASSACRE! With help from my cohorts, we hit the streets of Brooklyn and hung cartoon dead faces and toe tags on already tossed out trees.  MORE INFO ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREES HERE! http://www.seemalisapandya.com/christmastreemassacre 

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Arrow for Sarika- by Seema Lisa Pandya is a hand carved sculpture made from reclaimed bamboo press board.  4″x 4″x 0.75″

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Alien Amoeba- by Seema Lisa Pandya: Oil on reclaimed ceramic tile. 8"x 8"

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Bloblulous- by Seema Lisa Pandya: Oil on masonite. 42"x 28"

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Communal Propaganda- by Seema  Lisa Pandya:  Oil on wood and reclaimed ceramic tile.  16″ x 16" x  2"

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Amoebic Heart - by Seema Lisa Pandya: hand carved - 120 year reclaimed oak salvaged from the Delos Living multifamily construction project. 8"x8"x1"

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Nouveau Puzzle- by Seema Lisa Pandya 2013: Carved reclaimed pressed bamboo boards 3"x10"

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Amoeba Light Void 01 is now available for order in limited amounts to be made. This light sculpture by Seema Lisa Pandya is hand carved reclaimed wood of shaped negative space standing 10"x10"x 20"  Click here to order online http://www.seemalisapandya.com/new-products/

I hope you like it and what will be coming next.

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Amoebic Merry Go Round - by Seema Lisa Pandya, is an interactive kinetic public sculpture with progressively growing formed shapes cut into the negative space. As the piece is turned, it creates an animated effect of growing organic complexity.  It runs on glee and fun as a renewable energy source. It was installed at Figment 2014 at Governor’s Island NYC 

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Amoebic Merry Go Round - by Seema Lisa Pandya, is an interactive kinetic public sculpture with progressively growing formed shapes cut into the negative space. As the piece is turned, it creates an animated effect of growing organic complexity.  It runs on glee and fun as a renewable energy source. It was installed at Figment 2014 at Governor’s Island NYC