Abdulla PA | Bhaskar Bordoloi | Diptej Vernekar | Divya Panmani | Gouri Vemula | Harman Taneja | Keerti Pooja | Leena Raj | Madhurjya Dey | Mayadhar Sahu | Sachin Shankar | Tsering Negi
MAG brings together artists hailing from different directions of the country to present to you “Landscapes in Flux”; the idea of how landscapes and architectural designs are perceived from an artist’s glasses, has been a journey that has made us conscious not just of the undefeatable muse within the versatility of our culture, but also of the art in architecture that psychologically influences and moulds an artist’s perception of the world.
Diptej Vernekar’s geomorphological exploration of the ever-metamorphosing landscape of his coastal hometown, along with his keen sense of visual narration, bring together his collection of artworks in charcoal, that unveils the truth in the traditional telling of a tale and its eventual retelling. He achieves this by his method of drawing and sweeping parts away, making patterns that grow, as if by themselves, into these intense drawings.
Jignesh Panchal’s work is a blend of architectural influences from a childhood spent gazing at the marvels of Indian architectonics. His artwork has vibrance and depth at once, the way he uses the medium says a lot about the intersectional philological perception that is at the epicentre of contemporary art.
Capturing fleeting moments and a perspective that oscillates between hard facts and his personal musings and fiction, Madhurjya Dey believes in the power of being pivoted at a distance, observing the sparse universe of a small town in an introspective manner. Madhurjya’ s experimental methodology is what makes him a forerunner, he uses photographs as inspiration and draws landscapes that are poetic and urge contemplation.
Mayadhar Sahu is a seasoned artist of substantive premise dealing with multiple mediums and perspectives at once. The creations of Mayadhar Sahu are exquisite extractions of ancient Indian architecture mainly pertaining to the traditional temples and other places of worship. His extensive architectural and archaeological knowledge teams with his signature sense of style and his mastery of craftsmanship leading towards a reticulation of artefacts that are in themselves filled with hints of our creative historical evolution and his personal take on architecture itself.
R. M. Palaniappan’ s work is a strategic mixture of not just different mediums but different disciplines. His work is layered with his masterful expertise of various disciplines with a dextrous Lithographical perspective that creates multiple layers of notations, citations and cyphers on an aerial architectural setting. This widely opens up psychophysical introspection of architecture, art and its real-time implication, establishing his foothold among one of the most authoritative figures in the flux of architecture and art.
A confluence of Indo-Islamic culture can be witnessed in the works of Sachin Pandey who reimagines architectural masterpieces of Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and brings forth a miniaturist’s take on this very fusion of elements. Sachin Pandey presents us with a revisionist historical perspective of what could have been, through the convergence of these two cultures in a homogenised manner.
By far our most exquisite curation, is an homage to the glory of India’s rich architectural history and its myriad of perceptions from a naturalistic lens. The works thus presented are a mesh of chronicles and a stimulus to intrigue for generations to come, rousing a sense of wonder around art in the multicultural Indian diaspora.
