Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City's Chelsea district is currently staging ‘Vibha Galhotra: Absur-City-Pity-Dity’, in which the artist focuses on the heavily polluted Yamuna River, considered one of the world’s most contaminated rivers 

虽然呼吁世界各国领导人关注可怕的环境问题无疑是世界各国领导人的常态，但驻新德里的艺术家Vibha Galhotra在她引人入胜的作品中也谈到了类似的问题，这一作品目前在纽约市的Jack Shainman画廊展出。展览的标题是“Vibha Galhotra：Absur-City-Pillia-Dity”，展览的重点是污染严重的亚穆纳河，这条河流被认为是世界上污染最严重的河流之一。就像在严重的城市蔓延通过视频，雕塑，挂毯，摄影和安装艺术。

Shainman说：“Vibha的作品让人难以忘怀，她以非常真实的方式揭示了与这条河有关的侵蚀，以及印度许多城市的极度拥挤，但同时又以纯粹的美丽为特征。”“她的作品是一种视觉报道和文档，以及一次冥想的陈述。”

即使是Galhotra直接使用的材料也直接参考了这条河。在她2015年的安装项目365天里，她用大约三百六十五个小玻璃瓶收集了河流沉积物，同时附上了与河流有关的照片和信息。在其他地方，有大片白色棉花浸透在河里，变成了病态的黑色，然后用树脂包裹起来。

然后，加尔霍特拉的复杂挂毯马吉努卡蒂拉，是由黄牛组成的小金属铃铛，妇女在传统的印度舞蹈。排列成无定形，构成拥挤，几乎是幽闭恐惧症，城市密度越来越大。

Shainman说，我知道没有其他艺术家能传达如此有力的信息。

The exhibition also expresses New Delhi's severe urban sprawl through video, sculpture, tapestry, photography and installation art 

A closer look at '365 days', in which the artist collected river sediment in approximately three hundred and sixty five small glass vials and installed them with both photographs and message related to the river

Galhotra uses materials that directly references the river, such as vials of river sediment or white cotton soaked in its muddy waters 

Galhotra’s complex tapestry Majanu ka tilla, is composed of ghungroos, small metal bells worn by women in traditional Indian dance

Arranged in an amorphous shape, the composition is crowded, almost claustrophobic speaking of the increasing density of cities

‘Vibna’s work is haunting as she reveals in a very real way the erosion related to that river as well as the extreme overcrowding in so many of India’s cities, yet at same time marked by sheer beauty,’ says Shainman

A more detailed view of 'Majnu Ka Tila' (2015) - a piece made from nickel coated ghungroos, fabric, wood and polyurethane

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