Drawing Room: Why Aaron Myles Pereira is intrigued by Yashwant Singh’s art

Yashwant Singh creates art using his own body. It’s performative and gets us to think about ideas, processes and identity

A lot of my work is digital. I mostly work on a screen. So, I’m intrigued by artists who explore alternative mediums in innovative ways. Yashwant Singh, a young artist – he was born in 1994 – does this well.

Yashwant Singh imprints himself on to paper by using soot or lampblack, in different postures.

Singh creates his work in front of an audience, who see the process, intention and intricate details.

Anxieties, desires and bodily pleasures are common themes in Yashwant Singh’s work.

Aaron Myles Pereira, known as MYLES, loves the physicality of Singh’s work.