Overview
The word nest has come to stay with us, denoting a shelter, a home, a place of comfort, security and independence. It’s a place to return to. This ‘return’, this coming back home has a special significance, which reveals the importance of home, the nest as we know in many literary shades—gharonda, baserā, nīḍ, ghar as we refer to it in Hindi.
Our main concern and intent for this show was not only the physical house, but it’s metaphorical potential and also the spiritual realisation one may get from the usage of the home. It does not matter at what time, at what juncture, one examines the idea of the home. It will always be relevant. The home, a place often associated with generational identity and familial bond, at times also becomes a retreat and a refuge where one finds a place to meditate, think, and work solitarily as well.
Each work gets entrenched into the mind of the viewer with clarity, contagious energy and articulates a certain ineffable ‘truth’. The works in this show voice certain anxieties regarding the home, yet, all of them carry a certain prayer for it. This significantly makes this show a manifestation of an invocation for peace, order, and solace, presented with a visual treat of a rare kind.
Works
Anindita Bhattacharya, In a Grain of Sand..., 2020
Variable SizeJayashree Chakravarty, Expanded Roots, 2019
50 x 69 inchesNilima Sheikh, Dreaming Home 2, 2020
20 x 27 inchesNilima Sheikh, Dreaming Home 3, 2020
19.5 x 27 inchesNilima Sheikh, Erased Homes 5, 2020
16.5 x 25 inchesPandit Khairnar, Untitled, 2021
11 x 11 inchesPandit Khairnar, Untitled, 2021
11 x 11 inchesPandit Khairnar, Untitled, 2021
11 x 11 inchesPandit Khairnar, Untitled, 2021
11 x 11 inchesPandit Khairnar, Untitled, 2021
11 x 11 inchesPandit Khairnar, Untitled, 2021
11 x 11 inchesPandit Khairnar, Untitled, 2021
11 x 11 inchesPooja Iranna, Pervasive Mushrooming 11, 2020
15 x 6.5 x 3 inchesPooja Iranna, Pervasive Mushrooming 12, 2020
12.5 x 7.5 x 3 inchesPooja Iranna, Pervasive Mushrooming 13, 2020
11 x 8 x 3.5 inchesPooja Iranna, And Time Passed By 1, 2020
Variable SizePooja Iranna, And Time Passed By 1, 2020
Variable SizeSudhir Patwardhan, Morning, 2020
34 x 43 inchesSudhir Patwardhan, Afternoon, 2020
27 x 18 inchesSudhir Patwardhan, Evening, 2020
27 x 21 inchesSuneet Ghildial, Time and Life Series, 2020
60 x 60 inchesSuneet Ghildial, Time and Life Series, 2020
Variable SizeYashwant Deshmukh, Home-Land, 2020
27 x 48 inchesYashwant Deshmukh, City Scape, 2017
36 x 48 inchesYashwant Deshmukh, Courtyard, 2016
12.5 x 12.5 inchesYashwant Deshmukh, Untitled, 2016
20 x 14.25 inches
Venue
Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi
C-221, Sarvodya Enclave
New Delhi- 110017