J. Kallat: Quick March

8220;Festooned with many smaller details besides the central image of the tortoise, the work encourages the viewer to play detective and decode the hints given therein. So there is a certain playfulness about the work,8221; says the 33-year-old Mumbai-born artist.

The repeated images of the self, marching across the canvas, talk of his own position vis-a-vis the nation. We also see an image of the artist looking at a pendulum.

8220;Here one talks of the desire for change. One speculates that since the rate of change in this part of the world is immense, it may swing the static pendulum and create motion,8221; he says.

It8217;s a sentiment that is also exemplified by another small image of the tortoise morphing into a car. 8220;As an artist, one plunges into transforming and an endless game of reinvention. One cannot ignore the transformed India and the barrage of opportunities for art and culture,8221; says Kallat.