The heritage of handwoven Banarasi weaves made Khushi Shah, founder, of Shanti Banaras, find her metier in powering the loom. Inspired by her early days spent in the creative crucible of the 70-year-old legacy of weavers in the ancient city of Varanasi, arrives the latest collection of saris—The Line. The idea stemmed from the need to create a strong visual …
There is something fiery about artist Chandrasekaran Gurusamy’s pencil sketches at DakshinaChitra’s Varija Gallery. Rivers of gazes, deconstructed bodies, faceless gods, portraits devoid of the oculus — in essence, spill over from the frame, lending the gallery fires of the artist’s subversion and dissent. Art – Politics is an exhibit featuring Chandrasekaran’s works that are premised on local, mythological and …
