Mira Brunner
with B. Santhanapandi, K. Gowtham, G. Sundara Raja Moorthy, S. Karthic, U. Karuppaiah, and others.
2026
︎ Mixed media including granite and found objects
Carved by tombstone carvers in Madurai, this work is a reflection on time and monumentality. Taking inspiration from the gaming boards carved into ancient rock, the stone is carved to resemble a ground strewn with everyday debris. The piece is a tactile carved with great subtlety, and can be activated through playing with the everyday plastic things that make up the pieces of the game. The work is currently on display at the Museum of Art and Photography, Bengaluru’s permanent exhibition.
Carved by tombstone carvers in Madurai, this work is a reflection on time and monumentality. Taking inspiration from the gaming boards carved into ancient rock, the stone is carved to resemble a ground strewn with everyday debris. The piece is a tactile carved with great subtlety, and can be activated through playing with the everyday plastic things that make up the pieces of the game. The work is currently on display at the Museum of Art and Photography, Bengaluru’s permanent exhibition.
2025
︎ T-shirts
Swift Dzire is an open edition of t-shirts which appropriate the logo of one of India’s most ubiquitous cars, the Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire. The car is a friendly family car, a vibe which is at odds with its romantic and propulsively horny name. These t-shirts play with the tension between name and thing, thereby decontextualizing the logo from its fossil-fuel-consuming day to day to render it playful, funny, corny, and sexy. They are available at https://store.press-works.info/product/swift-dzire-by-mira-brunner/.
Swift Dzire is an open edition of t-shirts which appropriate the logo of one of India’s most ubiquitous cars, the Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire. The car is a friendly family car, a vibe which is at odds with its romantic and propulsively horny name. These t-shirts play with the tension between name and thing, thereby decontextualizing the logo from its fossil-fuel-consuming day to day to render it playful, funny, corny, and sexy. They are available at https://store.press-works.info/product/swift-dzire-by-mira-brunner/.
︎ Photocollage of stock images, architectural model components, readymades (glass, egg holder), paint, chocolate coins
Veering off track, dangerously out of place: Something has gone awry in these toy towns. Scale is completely distorted, pointing to some monstrosity, some dysregulated economic growth hormone. The bucolic Swiss setting functions as a signifier for all seasons. Tradition in the form of shitty photocollage is favored over AI.
Veering off track, dangerously out of place: Something has gone awry in these toy towns. Scale is completely distorted, pointing to some monstrosity, some dysregulated economic growth hormone. The bucolic Swiss setting functions as a signifier for all seasons. Tradition in the form of shitty photocollage is favored over AI.
2023-2024
︎ Digital images, acrylic prints, readymades
Exhibited at dot.berlin and, fittingly, at Artimedes (which serves both as an art gallery and, at the time, the artist’s GP), these works are about jealousy and the sordid imaginigs that come from being excluded. They were made during a period of illness and isolation. They show an ensuing fascination with the interior and the grotesque.
Exhibited at dot.berlin and, fittingly, at Artimedes (which serves both as an art gallery and, at the time, the artist’s GP), these works are about jealousy and the sordid imaginigs that come from being excluded. They were made during a period of illness and isolation. They show an ensuing fascination with the interior and the grotesque.
︎ Pencil, pen, and crayon on paper
This small series of drawings were made as snapshots of memories in a time of illness and grief. Their textural and sketchy nature implies a connection to zine-making and to childhood drawings, while the framing devices used conjure decorative arts and south asian traditions of decorative and religous image-making.
This small series of drawings were made as snapshots of memories in a time of illness and grief. Their textural and sketchy nature implies a connection to zine-making and to childhood drawings, while the framing devices used conjure decorative arts and south asian traditions of decorative and religous image-making.