Author: gunjan

An exceptional assemblage artist from Mumbai Kunal Naik, who finds treasures in everything around him. In his own words, “It’s like solving a puzzle with fragments without giving in. And the end result has to be bloody creative, at least to me at first. Then comes imagination, idea, aesthetics and design. Understanding their original form...

Shreyas Dhongade’s body of works titled ‘Photon’ exhibiting now at Jehangir Art gallery is storytelling at a conceptual level.  His series titled ‘Save the memory makers’ is a collection of photographic works dedicated to the gradually vanishing printing industry. The photos in this collection are treated with scratches, cracks, folds to create a worn off...

Ananti Vala’s latest exhibition at the Jehangir art gallery, Mumbai, uses evident morphology flowing towards visual creative fiction with dense layers of storytelling. Aptly titled Ananta-The boundless, Ananti addresses the sense of diverse emotions with a judicious blend of sensitivity and intuition. Her sculptures are dramatic but there is an underlying subtle tone. According to Ananti,...

The theory following left brain versus right brain is established on the concept that the two halves of the brain control very different functions of our minds. The left brain is believed to control language, sequencing, math, and logic, while the right side of the brain is the more creative side, where feelings, imagination, and...

Exhibiting currently at the gallery 4 of Jahengir Art Gallery, is the latest works by Santosh R. Patil. Meeting the artist amidst his larger than life artworks gave a great insight on his inspirations and humble beginnings. Coming from a poor farmer family with bare resources, his journey to his solo art exhibition in Mumbai...

‘When you’re a kid, you color with reckless abandon. You color outside the lines. You color however you feel. Blue elephants, purple trees, red bears, green oceans – it’s all good. As you get older, though, everyone tells you to stay inside the lines, to color everything just like you see it. You end up...

Meeting the charismatic, humble sculptor and ceramist Shalan Dere was a sheer delight. A self-trained potter who went on to carve her own journey, has come a long way in 20 years. In her own words; “Absence of any formal training allowed me to go through a rewarding process of trial, error and creative experimentation over...

Cities have played an imperative part in my journey of life. The changing urban landscapes have inspired my  recent cityscapes depicting ethereal skies at dawn and dusk which explores the skylines of Mumbai. Inspired by textural experience of urban life, I have tried documenting cities from a distance Mainly, oil on canvas, i am on...