The busy scheduling of exhibitions is back on track since the beginning of the year. Around the Mumbai Gallery Weekend, patrons got to see new works by KP Reji, Smriti Dixit, and T. Venkanna after a long hiatus. Incidentally, all of them are alumni of Baroda's M. S. University's Faculty of Fine Arts. Each of them addresses pressing contemporary concerns regarding personal freedoms and societal demands; each of them is diverse in their art practices.
KP Reji's solo exhibition Cut Pieces held at The Guild, Alibaug, from February 19th to April 14th, marked a departure from his earlier visual language to new approaches in expression, with fewer human characters. The works titled Police in the Garden and Police in the Forest are painted in a verdant colour palette; another set of works is pared down to brushstrokes in black on a glossy silver surface, titled Cut Piece (After Yoko Ono), The Wait (Jetty) and Name. Works like Life Study (River View Studio), Delhi Visit, and Groom in the Blue Background, have human figures and are painted in the narrative style.
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Parts, Wholes And The Spaces In Between
Sonal Sundararajan introduces Samira Rathod's free-spirited and rebellious explorations in the world of architecture, furniture and design.
"The Fine Art of Going to the Pictures."
Dr. Banerjee in Dr. Kulkarni's Nursing Home at Chemould Prescott Road brings together 26 paintings featuring a series of dramatic scenes from Hindi and Bengali films. In conversation with Abhay Sardesai, artist Atul Dodiya talks about childhood trips to movie halls, painted figures gripped by tension, and the closeness and remoteness of cinematic images.
"To Finally Have Something of Your Own to Mine."
Dayanita Singh is the recipient of the coveted 2022 Hasselblad Award. Keeping the photograph at the centre, she speaks to Shreevatsa Nevatia about books, book objects, photo novels, exhibitions and museums.
OF DIVINE LOSS
Shaurya Kumar explores the relationship between the subject and object of devotion, finds Aranya.
THE PAST AND ITS SHADOWS
Neha Mitra visits two shows and three artists in Mumbai.
FORCE OF NATURE
Alwar Balasubramaniam dwells on absences and ephemeralities in his new work, states Meera Menezes.
SHAPES OF WATER
Devika Sundar's works delineate the murky, malleable boundaries between the human body and the organic world, says Joshua Muyiwa.
INTIMATIONS OF INTIMACY
Sunil Gupta shares his journey with Gautami Reddy.
THE FRACTURED PROSPECT
Nocturnal landscapes as ruins in the making? Adwait Singh looks at Biraaj Dodiya's scenes of loss.
TEETERING BEYOND OUR GRASP
Meera Menezes traces Mahesh Baliga's journey from Moodabidri to London.