It used to be the most fashionable address for exhibitions. But Bikaner House has been hit hard by the pandemic. There have been shows, but footfalls to the erstwhile maharajas’ palaces, now an overcrowded court or a museum, have been few. The only erstwhile royal home that wears a more forlorn look is Hyderabad House—no foreign dignitaries worth a banquet have visited India in some time. But Bikaner House, a property owned by the Rajasthan government, is likely to break the jinx of empty halls. Raihan Rajiv Vadra—‘Gandhi’ is conspicuously absent—is ready to bare himself publicly.
Raihan’s first exhibition—Dark Perception: An Exposition of Space, Light & Time—opens at Bikaner House on July 11, featuring photographs taken over nine years. But more than just pictures, the exhibition will use light, sound and space to control the viewer’s experience. It is a coming of age, a marking of before and after. “I can’t see with one eye,” he says almost immediately.
This story is from the July 18, 2021 edition of THE WEEK.
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