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Exhibition explores the realm between reality and creativity
1 / 13In a bid to make art accessible to all, a new art exhibition explores the concepts of humanity, social interactions, co-existence and mediation in a post-Covid world. The exhibition by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) on till June 30, 2022 at KNMA, Noida features "artistic examinations and translations of life forces both human and non-human which are an eye-opening experience"; Ali Kazim (Source: KNMA)
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2 / 13Titled 'Inner Life of Things: Around Anatomies and Armatures', the show is curated by Roobina Karode (Chief Curator and Director, KNMA) and focuses on independent projects by 15 young and emerging artists; Anindita Bhattacharya‘s (b. 1985) acutely crafted lines of lushly detailed organic clusters and foliage in earthy hues, executed in the tradition of Mughal miniature painting, take from the intricate patterns found in nature (Source: KNMA)
3 / 13Debasish Mukherjee’s (b. 1973) work is an ode to the years from his childhood and the artisanal past. The work is poetic in its nature of folding, stacking and meticulously arranging the fabric of the white sarees from his late grandmother’s collection which now bears the insignia in the form of digital print portraits on both sides of the stack (Source: KNMA)
4 / 13Dissecting the idea of architectural fragmentation further, Dilip Chobisa (b. 1978) rekindles the effect of assemblages neatly arranged in a grid (Source: KNMA)
5 / 13Astha Butail’s (b. 1977) take on ancient methods of archiving and the tradition of carrying oral histories through Rig Vedic myths, and metaphors marks a meticulous installation with minuscule prototypes of book-like objects (Source: KNMA)
6 / 13Often imitating structural drawings of engineers and architects, Kishor Shinde’s (b. 1958) compositions create illusions of high rises under construction, bridges dissolving in air, or mobile towers blurring away into a smoggy horizon (Source: KNMA)
7 / 13Pulling the vantage point closer as if through a magnifying glass is Nibha Sikander’s (b. 1983) hyperreal images of critters and moths, exploring the bounds of natural history (Source: KNMA)
8 / 13Rajendar Tiku’s (b. 1953) small-scale works are the repository of a sense of belonging that is complicated by the melancholic ideas of homeland and the trauma of migration. In the context of the exhibition, these dwarfed chests of memorabilia appear to be the remnants of material memory and craft in the absence of their human custodians (Source: KNMA)
9 / 13Handling issues of migration and alienation is also Rathin Barman (b. 1981) work, who investigates the intricacies of structural plans of houses that he moved from and into. Searching for fragments of ownership and dissociation (Source: KNMA)
10 / 13Reena Saini Kallat (b. 1973) uses optical effects and illusions within the natural world through her illustrations of morphologies and mutations of living organisms. Her artwork is both surreal and humorous (Source: KNMA)
11 / 13Seher Shah and Randhir Singh’s (b. 1975 and 1976) cyanotype prints are careful studies of cityscapes and architectural motifs typical of the Brutalist style and the vestiges of an incomplete modernisation that litter the contemporary (Source: KNMA)
12 / 13Finding the threshold between nature and civilisation in the ruins of agriculture, Shambhavi Singh (b. 1966) searches for the materiality of existence beyond the confines of function and utility (Source: KNMA)
13 / 13In her installation and video work, Vibha Galhotra (b. 1978) weaves a visual interpretation of changing landscapes through metallic ghungroos, and presents a calming ritual with her potted sapling (Source: KNMA)
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