FINDING THEIR GROOVE

At Ojas Art, artist Siddhartha Das and designer Chiara Nath's exhibition explores the interplay of tradition and experimental design through botanical studies, sculpture, and embroidery. Their collaboration and this show say much about the rethink on space and heritage today.

- ADITHI REENA AJITH

AT 'The Space Between' in Ojas Art gallery, there is a meditative calm. The ongoing show by Siddhartha Das and Chiara Nath brings together works that span botanical studies, sculptural forms, embroidery, and architectural interpretations. At its core is an exploration of how traditional craft and contemporary design intersect, with ideas moving fluidly across materials, mediums, and meanings.

A significant strand of the exhibition draws from Das's engagement with mythological and historical spaces, including interpretations of the Jagannath Temple in Puri for the Odisha Department of Tourism, the wooden model of Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar, and Ashtamangala gateways installation for Kempegowda airport in Bengaluru drawing from Chola sculptural traditions.

Rather than documenting these sites, he approaches them as living, evolving environments.