An exhibition in the Capital speaks of the struggles within one self and the world at large | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

An exhibition in the Capital speaks of the struggles within one self and the world at large | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Pallavi Chattopadhyay |New Delhi |Updated: May 15, 2019 9:18:54 am

An exhibition in the Capital speaks of the struggles within one self and the world at large

The show speaks about the inner struggles everyone goes through, with the help of the experiences of 12 contemporary artists and their videos, sculptures and canvases. Curator of the show Ashna Singh believes that the biggest war is from within.

Work by Veer Munshi.

Drenched in blood red colour, a large skull, decorated with Kashmir’s antique papier mache art — Kashmiri artist Veer Munshi’s famous accomplice in most of his artworks — has mirrors surrounding it in a small room at India Habitat Centre’s Visual Arts Gallery. Part of his site-specific installation Beyond the Personal, it lies surrounded by shrapnel, as if resulting from a bomb explosion. It is a jarring reminder of the recent Pulwama attacks and the bombings in Sri Lanka last month.