Army Of Ants

A dried leaf once reminded me of a cockroach, leading me to create one from the leaf itself. Sculpture allows me to explore ideas of life, death, memory, and the beauty hidden in ordinary things.

Artists

Sharan B (Bangalore University, Bangalore)

Medium

Brass, found stone

Venue

BMS Warehouse, Opposite Holy Cross Church Mattancherry (Kuriachante Nada)

Timings

10AM to 6PM (Mon to Sunday)

Till March 31st, 2026

About

A dried leaf once reminded me of a cockroach, leading me to create one from the leaf itself. Sculpture allows me to explore ideas of life, death, memory, and the beauty hidden in ordinary things.

Army Of Ants emerges from Sharan B's curiosity for nature and the unnoticed details of everyday life. Working with dried leaves, stones, wood, fish bones, and other materials often overlooked, his sculptures begin with what he sees in these objects.

A dried leaf becomes a cockroach. Fish thorns transform into a Venus flytrap. Birds, insects, snakeskin textures—all emerge from careful attention to the discarded and the ordinary.

In brass and found stone, Sharan builds an army of ants that asks us to look closer at what we step over every day.

Kochi Biennale 2025