Marie-Josée Mauranyapin “Thykaï,” on display at the Jardin de Valombreuse. The painter-sculptor and most passionate about Indian culture, she chose to explore what she called “feminine ritual”, a way of feeling from within what her work reflects on the outside.
To enter into Thykai’s works, one must remember the meaning of the pond. It is a very feminine and very old traditional art in India, especially in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh and Karnataka, where it is generally passed down from mother to daughter.
A mortal art that traces hands on the ground before time, more or less, does not end up seizing it, pond especially has positive and happy symbolism.
And if Thykaï, doesn’t create his pieces on the pitch, it might give them time, which they wouldn’t otherwise have, to go and imprint themselves in a brief or definitive way in the emotions of those who watch them.
A Guadeloupeian who draws his art from ink of the vast Indian world, Thykaï opens this world up for Guadeloupe by inscribing it in his works. He led an inward glance, the intimacy of a woman, woman, woman…
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