Forms Of Musing – An Exhibition Of Paintings By Artist Sharmila Gupta In Jehangir Art Gallery
From: 31st January to 6th February 2022 “Forms of Musing” An Exhibition of Paintings By Sharmila Gupta VENUE: Jehangir Art Gallery 161-B, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai – 400 001 Timing: 11am to 7pm Contact: 98198 67766 At first glance, the bold patterns in Sharmila Gupta’s recent paintings and drawings appear to mark a change in direction from the large gritty paintings of tidal pools that were her last body of work. On further viewing, it becomes apparent that her familiar landscapes have become compressed into signs or ideograms. These perhaps reflect time spent in walks in the woods during the lockdown when she made a study of aboriginal bark as well as the abstract lineage of modernism. Sharmila’s new paintings light up the exhibition space. She moves easily between representational and abstract imagery, and she mixes seemingly contradictory inclinations. For example, her...
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