SHADOWS OF EMPIRE
Jit Chowdhury and Kaushal Parikh
Two Artists. Three Empires. One Quiet Village in Bombay.
'ANANTAM', Designed by Sandeep Khosla, Hyderabad
Art by Jabbar and Abdullah Khatri
Zoya Akhtar's home, Mumbai
Art by Anwar Chitrakar
Manju Sara Rajan's home, Kochi
Art by Wolf
Keka and Joseph's home, Bangalore
Art by Kaushal Parikh
Kanika and Himanshu's home, Mumbai
Art by Ramesh Hengadi
Sandeep Khosla's home, Mumbai
Art by Wolf
Devika Narain's home, Mumbai
Art by Ramesh Tekam
Highlight of the month
BOITA BANDANA BY GITANJALI DAS
Gitanjali Das reimagines Odisha’s maritime legacy through Oriya Pattachitra, where ornate vessels shaped like birds glide across waters. Painted with natural pigments on tussar silk, the work draws on a centuries-old tradition known for its fine linework and intricate borders. Inspired by ancient seafaring merchants who journeyed across the Bay of Bengal carrying trade, culture, and memory.
The triumph of kachchh
CURATED BY SATISH REDDY
A kaleidoscope of works from the craftspeople we presented over a year ago, and their remarkable journey from artisans to artists.
FEATURED ARTISTS
VIDYA DEVI SONI
74 year old Vidya Devi Soni lives in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and started painting at the age of six, with the guidance of her parents. She is an expert at Mandana, an art form from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, traditionally wall and floor paintings that were used to protect the home, welcome the gods into it, and signal celebration on festive occasions. Vidya Devi transfers the traditional techniques, themes and motifs of Mandana to paper, using natural colours, giving new life to this rich, ancient art form.
RUCHI BAKSHI SHARMA
Ruchi Bakshi is a filmmaker, artist, and toymaker. Her picaresque characters, often based on outlandish folklore and equipped with supernatural powers, seem to inhabit a strange and wonderful world of myth and fancy and reflect her own fringe theories about the origin ofour world. Everything that surrounds her soaks into her art, emphasizing her interest in creating an alternative way of seeing. Ruchi works with a variety of media, ranging from optical toys, animating wonder turns, lenticulars to jointed paper puppets, zines, and illustrated puzzles.