Review:
Curator and poet Ranjit Hoskote’s latest curatorial venture, ‘Patterns of Intensity’, is where eleven creative individuals converge, whose practices are informed by social, political, environmental or personal concerns. Curated as part of the Delhi Contemporary Art Week, this exhibition is currently on display at the Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi.
Featured artists Anil Thambai, Barkha Gupta, Chandrashekar Koteshwar, Ghana Shyam Latua, Kaushik Saha, Meghna Patpatia, Purvai Rai, Savia Mahajan, Suman Chandra, Teja Gavankar, and Vipul Badva have used a wide range of materials and techniques to give their thoughts an intended shape. Anil Thambai’s works in graphite are delineated in a way that the intricate architectural forms appear to be crocheted, inviting the viewer to witness a distinct spatial experience. A different painstaking method of pricking with the needle is adapted by artist Ghana Shyam Latua as he creates the pensive, monochromatic landscapes of present-day Khoai, a victim of rapid urbanization. Vipul Badva’s cityscapes talk about a similar concern of urban mobility, migration and settlement.
Patterns Of Intensity coalesces responses of eleven emerging artists who, as the curator states, “…remain preoccupied with the great existential questions that all artists have addressed: How to map spaces of repose and consolation, healing and mending, for the fragile and embattled self?”
The exhibition continues until 30th April.
Image credit: Art Alive Gallery
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