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Hans India
4 days ago
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- Hans India
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Ifdesire can give rise to form and imagination can transcend into the formless, the Buddhist philosophy of 'Triloka' comes alive. This profound thought finds artistic expression in the works of three young visual artists—Arpan Sadhukhan, Pooja Gupta, and C. Unnikrishnan—who are responding to the world's current realities, from war and conflict to the evolving socio-political landscape. At the heart of this exhibition lies the artists' ability to interpret the present moment through material, memory, and metaphor. Arpan Sadhukhan employs large woodcut prints and plywood engravings in stark black and white. His creations are layered with symbolic imagery and three-dimensional depth, confronting viewers with reflections of society's struggles, resilience, and contradictions. Pooja Gupta, on the other hand, turns to the remnants of the Covid-19 pandemic. By using discarded medical tablet blister packs—an everyday sight during 2020—she weaves a powerful narrative on fragility and survival. The crushed, hollow forms echo the vulnerability of human life, caught between time, chance, and the mercy of medicine. Her work resonates with collective memories of fear, uncertainty, and endurance. C Unnikrishnan draws attention to urban transformation, symbolised through soil molded into bricks. These bricks, once a part of nature, become the foundation of dream houses but also a reminder of the gradual erosion of village serenity into urban chaos. His works compel viewers to reflect on the price of progress and the transformation of landscapes that once embodied simplicity and harmony. Together, these three artists embody youthful creativity responding to global and personal upheavals with bold vision and sensitivity. Their works, displayed under the theme of 'Triloka,' bridge desire, form, and formlessness in a deeply contemplative manner. (The exhibition is on view at Srishti Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, until 20 September, 2025)
The Hindu
16-06-2025
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- The Hindu
Hyderabad's Srishti art gallery unveils 15th edition of Emerging Palettes
In its 15th edition, Emerging Palettes returns to Srishti Art Gallery in collaboration with Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, presenting young contemporary artists who are pushing the boundaries of material and memory. Selected from over 300 entries, this year's 11 participating artists explore diverse mediums ranging from textiles and ceramics to steel, wood, and video installation. They craft textured narratives rooted in identity, belonging, and transformation. The final lineup — Aaryama Somayaji, Deepanwita Das, Farhin Afza, Hasan Ali Kadiwala, Manu N (Manushya), Moumita Basak, Nayanjyoti Barman, Nirmal Mondal, Pathik Sahoo, Vishnu CR, and Yogesh Hadiya — was chosen by a jury comprising Amit Kumar Jain, Varunika Saraf, Jaiveer Johal, and Lakshmi Nambiar, who also helms Srishti as founder and curator. This year's curatorial focus, Pushing Boundaries of Materiality, is compelling. The show highlights how artists are thinking beyond canvas and conventional form, and engaging with textiles, ceramics, steel, found objects, and video. From narratives in stitched installations to the reuse of discarded materials, each practice becomes a dialogue between form and idea, reminding viewers that the material can become a narrative force. For Nirmal Mondal, a graduate of Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, that narrative emerges from clay. Working in Santiniketan, he draws on the terracotta temples of Murshidabad and the dwindling craftspeople who once built them. 'My work is a way of conserving the stories I grew up with,' he says, adding, 'Ceramic holds memory better than paper.' Manu N (Manushya), who studied at the Bengaluru School of Visual Arts and Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, blends industrial and natural materials to explore the vulnerability and endurance carried in both Nature and the human body. In his stainless steel Inflorescence, floral structures form branching clusters and patterns. The artwork reflects his interest in botanical systems and the small-scale industry he runs. Meanwhile, his organic, coral-like forms stem from a desire to create works that 'symbolise the creation of life.' He explains, 'Salt and terracotta symbolise land and ocean. That duality reflects where we come from.' Farhin Afza, who received her MVA in Graphic Arts from University of Hyderabad in 2024, anchors her multimedia work in the rituals of Muslim domestic life. Her piece Dastarkhwaan reimagines the everyday dining spread as a political site. 'My work explores ideas of home, memory and identity,' she says. 'It is personal, at the same time political.' Incorporating everyday domestic objects, video, and textiles, Afza's work speaks softly but forcefully to belonging and marginality. Aaryama Somayaji, who holds a from National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh, and an MA in Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, creates dreamlike works rooted in folklore, oral traditions, and imagined memory. Her Heirloom Recipe Chart series is in acrylic wash and watercolour pencil on banana-fibre paper she made a decade ago. Her work is a 'maximalist approach to abstraction' and explores the language of recipes as cultural inheritance. 'They are sort of gestures or whispers that are told to you as recipes... add a little bit of this, a little bit of that,' she explains. A culmination of ingredients, approximations, and even gaps where history has erased memory or left space for future generations to fill in themselves. Other featured artists present equally potent material narratives. Deepanwita Das evokes botanical decay and emotional vulnerability through layered lithographs and stitching. Hasan Ali Kadiwala offers quiet, poetic etchings around displacement and spiritual longing. Moumita Basak uses recycled textiles and embroidery to reflect on gender and ecological justice. Nayanjyoti Barman builds fragile assemblages from plywood and wire to explore migration and memory in Northeast India. Pathik Sahoo works with iron, brass, and tin to reconstruct vanished rural festivals and communal rhythms. Vishnu CR transforms wood into large-scale sculptures inspired by carpentry traditions and childhood puzzles. Yogesh Hadiya layers satire and metaphor into dense woodcuts championing social critiques. (Emerging Palettes 15 is on view at Srishti Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, till July first week)
