Talaulicar, who studied painting at the Sir JJ School of Art, admits that she likes to portray objects because of their link to people. Her ongoing exhibition has many inanimate objects such as bowls, chair, bench, jug and more. “For me,” she says, “it is the human experience, that I attempt to portray through these objects, and their links to human life.  For instance, a bowl symbolizes for me the human act of receiving and holding, accepting and giving, and a simple leaf, as a basic, essential part of nature, symbolizes for me the cycle of life.

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While most of Talaulicar’s work is about and based on her mother, she shares that there are two pieces for her mother-in-law as well. All the works in her show are watercolour and acrylic on canvas but for these two pieces—titled Mother and Mother’s Note—she has used the method of coffee and tea staining. “My mother used to love coffee and my mother-in-law loved tea,” she explains.

While her family and friends were supportive, this was nevertheless difficult for her. “She [her mother] was ailing, and towards the end she stayed with me for a few years and was like a child to me”.  Most work in her show was after her mother’s death but some are older pieces from 2019 as well. “Those years of looking after my mother and being around her were almost like reliving my childhood, but there was a reversal of roles when I was taking care of her”. The idea behind the title is “weaving a fabric of precious memories and emotional experiences as a story for her,” she concludes.

WHAT: A Woven Story for Mother
WHERE: Art & Soul, Worli
WHEN: Till May 24