Adria Arch & Anne Krinsky @ Arthouse1

Life’s rich pageant is made richer through cultural exchange. Spending a month in a foreign country drinking in the cultural differences is an experience we all cherish, but for artists, this kind of opportunity is gold. The sights, smells, sounds, textures, and visual stimulation of another country are like no other inspiration – it is a total sensory infusion.
In 2014 Adria Arch and Anne Krinsky had just this kind of infusion when they were given the opportunity to spend a month at the Sanskriti Foundation in Delhi. “The two friends lived at the Foundation, engaged with other artists and craftspeople, experienced the visual stimuli of neighbouring cities, and learned about traditional folk arts of India.  They visited markets and museums, met with artisans at paper factories and textile workshops, and sought out creative connections between their new environs and their art-making practices… but neither could imagine the unique and exciting inroads they would…make into their already insightful personal aesthetics.  Vis-a-Vis is the result of this immersion.