In this issue

This is the Age of Uncertainty. Conditions around us swerve between being buoyant and being cheerless. Lockdowns are imposed to check diseases that you thought were on their way out. Conditions worsen and things get better but you keep on wondering about the temporariness of the respite. Is the Third Wave round the bend, you ask yourself?How do artists respond to this precarity, this lurking shadow of danger, this battle between hope and hopelessness?

This issue continues with our documentation of these difficult times and carries features about all the important shows in the last three months.

HER IMPISH RECIPE OF LINES AND SHAPES

Rita Datta traces the directions of Ayesha Sultana’s journey and reflects on the new romantic turn in her work.

6 mins

The Acrobatic Line

Ganesh Haloi’s new work explores calligraphic flourishes and draws from the deep rhythms of the natural world, finds Anirudh Chari.

2 mins

Rocks, Ravines, Rivers and Routes

Manish Pushkale’s abstract works carry intricate numerical and alphabetical scripts, points out Geeti Sen.

3 mins

Pare, Blur and Vibrate

Parul Gupta squares the square to create layered geometrical experiences, reveals Meera Menezes.

3 mins

Behold the Shapeshifting River

Boshudhara Mukherjee’s undulating tapestries conjure up robust interior landscapes, states Jasmine Shah Varma.

3 mins

Domestic Flights

At the centre of a show are homes that are both contested spaces and sites of safety and intimacy, finds Kristine Michael.

4 mins

Secret Trysts and Absent Presences

A group show focuses on the politics and poetics of queer belonging and un-belonging, intimates Lajja Shah.

4 mins

The Loitering Heart and the Wounded Moon

Shweta Upadhyay responds to the lockdown diaries of two artists that explore themes of waiting and confinement, and address issues related to the erasure of Urdu.

6 mins

When a Painting is a ‘Thank You' Note

The Pithoro murals invoke gods and goddesses even as they accommodate landscapes with a pantheon of real and imaginary creatures, informs Sandhya Bordewekar.

5 mins

The Artist Who Wished to Inspire

For Shakti Maira (1947-2021), making art was part of a larger spiritual quest. Swati Chopra, Maira’s wife, culls from his journals and offers a window into his negotiation with ‘tension, balance and meditative absorption’.

5 mins

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