The gallery that Husain named | Gallery Espace turns 35
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The gallery that Husain named | Gallery Espace turns 35

The Hindu  

Renu Modi learnt all about scale, light, shadows and angles from M.F. Swiss curator Damien Christinger offers not only a retrospective of the gallery’s journey, but also looks to the future through contemporary art practices. There’s commentary on the present — “Sonia Mehra Chawla showcases the post-colonisation tea and jute industry of Bengal; Ravi Agarwal looks at our changing environment” — and shared storytelling that loops back to the past. A wall is dedicated to its various interpretations: from Delhi-based photography studio Maze Collective Studio’s deconstruction, where founder-artist Ashish Sahoo collages it with superimposed images of a woman dressed as Gaja Gamini, to visual artist Uzma Mohsin, who cut up the poster and spliced it with other images, including Husain’s face. From Anupam Sud and Sudarshan Shetty, to Madan Lal and Nagji Patel, the lineup comprises 38 artists whose contributions have been important to Gallery Espace’s influence and vision.

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