Astrophysics, Sanskrit, Kashmiri Shaivism: Notes from an artist's sketchbook

New Delhi, Nov 6 She still keeps up with Astrophysics, stressing that it actually informs her art practice. Particularly admiring Nassim Haramein, who for the past three decades has been researching and discovering connections in physics, mathematics, geometry, cosmology and quantum mechanics, artist Sumakshi Singh, also an art educator who has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and lectured at Oxford University, Columbia University and The Chicago Humanities Festival among other museums and colleges, is missing mentoring nowadays.

"I haven't done a lot lately. It keeps me on my toes as an artist as in that environment, I am constantly learning, re-evaluating my givens about art or even life in general and considering new value systems. It is a privilege to witness things being manifested from the seed idea, processed through the unique lens of that particular student and engaging in dialogue about what it means," says Singh, whose work has been presented at venues like the Saatchi Gallery UK), Kochi Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art

( With inputs from IANS )