Episode 2 - Liberation through Consumption' is a cultural critique that focuses on the consumerist myth that fulfilment or Moksha can be attained by the purchase of a product or an experience promised by it. Through her satirical works, Jenny critiques not just the Indian consumer culture but also the psyche of urban India that is, according to her, a bundle of contradictions. Read More...
- The BOMBAY TIMES, 2009
Artist Jenny Bhatt doesn't mind being called a rebel. For, she is essentially an aesthete of rebelliousness. Bright, vibrant and full of life, her oeuvre is all about subverting the established mores of art.
- The Deccan Herald 2007
What is very interesting to note is that the questioning as well as honest and unassuming nature of the artist is absolute in her works.
And much like a piece of art, Bhatt too has several layers to herself. Like penning poetry and writing.
- The Bombay Times 2005
The best works on display reveal relatively simpler, natural forms and less complicated arrangement. In such cases, the artist does not seem to be unduly charmed by richness of colours or depth of intended emotions.
Instead, she strives to render free-flowing impressions, which are devoid of bombastic and metaphysical implications. The viewer is likely to respond nicely to such works as Resonance in Blue, Black Pulsation and Red Mirror Rhythm.
- The Hindu 2007
Reflection is second nature to Jenny Bhatt, an artist engaged in a spiritual search and grappling with the existential dilemma that confronts all thinking individuals
But far from being swamped by questions, she finds answers in the images that evolve from the unbridled surge of energy when she allows the translucent acrylic paint to flow before restraining it with a timely stroke.
...she explores colour, form and texture. Constructed with thin layers of fluid colour, which get denser as it forms shapes that are sometimes abstract, sometimes representational, the images are founded on a play of light. Though they induce a state of reflection, the touch of humour that lurks within lightens the mood.The acrylic medium is delicately handled, giving a feel of watercolour on canvas. Some of the works consist of painting inscribed with a poem, interesting in its interactivity...
- Verve Magazine 2005
After months of research on colours and with a knowledge of the body's charkas, artist Jenny Bhatt finds a connection between art and spirituality and attempts to find a relation between the mind, the body and colour. Familiar with the practice of reiki and with sufficient knowledge of the body's charkas, Jenny decided to connect the body's inner realm with the healing properties of colour. After adequate research on visual perception, colour cognition and memory, Jenny's tenth solo show is as therapeutic as it is artistic.
- The Bombay Times 2006