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Visual threads

Roots, seeds, soil

Roots become, here, a metaphor for memory in circulation.

From the artist's dossier

The 2019 exhibition was called Roots; the 2025 exhibition, Planting Motherhood. Between them runs a vocabulary of anchoring and movement: roots that cross architecture, seeds scattered in the everyday, the journey from India to Paris, and the insistence that everything must blend, like grains in the soil.

  1. Roots I, Mixed media, 2019, by Anujalika. A teal and yellow-green poured ground; on the right, a semicircle of fine black architectural line drawing from which a root-like black line escapes.
    Roots I2019, Mixed media · 30 × 36 in

    Roots · 2016–2019

  2. The Passage, Pencil on paper, 2019, by Anujalika. A framed pencil drawing: black root lines spread downward from a small hatched pyramid at the top centre, over a faint contour-line ground.
    The Passage2019, Pencil on paper · 29 × 23 in (including frame)

    Roots · 2016–2019

  3. Roots II, Mixed media, 2019, by Anujalika. A blue, white and copper poured ground; along the left edge, black architectural line drawings of stacked frames with a root-like line winding through them.
    Roots II2019, Mixed media · 26 × 20 in

    Roots · 2016–2019

  4. Irony, Oil on canvas, 2018, by Anujalika. A single leg in blue jeans and a leather sandal floats horizontally across a pale ground; green seedlings grow from the trouser leg and small insects hover nearby.
    Irony2018, Oil on canvas · 43 × 28 in

    Roots · 2016–2019

  5. Yatra, by Anujalika. A flame-like form stitched in orange, yellow, red and grey wool on grey card, with lines of small dark stitches radiating outward; a pink label reads Yatra.
    Yatra यात्राUnknown, Unknown

    Planting Motherhood · 2023–2025

  6. Des grains, Seedlings, 2024, by Anujalika. On a grid wall: a square piece with an embroidered blue form inside a printed textile border, and a round panel of blue and gold poured pigment with a dotted spiral.
    Des grains, Seedlings2024, Unknown

    Planting Motherhood · 2023–2025

  7. Mélanger, by Anujalika. Five grey cards pegged in a row on a grid, each stitched with winding lines, blue and purple dots and the words c'est ça la vie and mélanger.
    MélangerUnknown, Unknown

    Planting Motherhood · 2023–2025

  8. Fragments of India and France, Mixed media, 2025, by Anujalika.
    Fragments of India and France2025, Mixed media · 17 × 13 in

    Planting Motherhood · 2023–2025

  9. I am soil II, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika.
    I am soil II मिट्टी मैं हूँ।2026, Work on paper · 8.27 × 11.69 in

    Recent work · 2026

  10. I am soil I, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Series of three works, I am soil.
    I am soil I मिट्टी मैं हूँ।2026, Work on paper · 8.27 × 11.69 in

    Recent work · 2026

  11. La Montigny II, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Nature at its best at Montigny but with people who were as natural as nature makes you feel.
    La Montigny II2026, Work on paper

    Recent work · 2026

  12. La Montigny I, Work on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Nature at its best at Montigny but with people who were as natural as nature makes you feel.
    La Montigny I2026, Work on paper · 4.1 × 5.8 in each

    Recent work · 2026

  13. Zeera, Thread and ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. White stitched cumin seeds scattered on grey paper, Zeera!
    Zeera ज़ीरा2026, Thread and ink on paper · 5.8 × 8.3 in

    Recent work · 2026

  14. Spice box, Thread and ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. A spice box drawn with circles of seeds and stitched borders in ochre, red and blue.
    Spice box मसाल दानी2026, Thread and ink on paper · 5.8 × 8.3 in

    Recent work · 2026

  15. I am soil, Thread and ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika.
    I am soil मिट्टी मैं हूँ।2026, Thread and ink on paper · 5.8 × 8.3 in

    Recent work · 2026

  16. Mulberry, Ink on paper, 2026, by Anujalika. Taste & visual so strong while I collected the berries in my hanky fully stained with the deep purple juice but still so worth it to return home satisfied with the bustling zings of the शहतूत!
    Mulberry शहतूत2026, Ink on paper · 5.8 × 8.3 in

    Recent work · 2026

  17. Touche-moi, tactile, by Anujalika. Grey-blue cards with raised dotted lines in purple, gold and black tracing winding paths, pegged to a grid so that they can be touched.
    Touche-moi, tactileUnknown, Unknown

    Planting Motherhood · 2023–2025