Going Going Gone

Gallery Espace is hosting a group exhibition of works by Vinita Khanna, Sharad Sonkusale, Ganesh Selvaraj, Shubha Taparia, Kanta Kishor Moharana, Sukhadev Rathod, Ajay Kanwal and Smriti Dixit. The show brings together artists from diverse backgrounds, presenting their works in variety of media. Khanna’s efflorescent blooms from white plastic trash are poised on buildings and lie stubbornly in public spaces. Sonkusale uses tonal changes as a backdrop for flowing, cellular structures. Taparia’s photorealistic work juxtaposes pavement squatters against high-end retail boulevards, breaking down barriers in such public spaces. Moharana does much the same through his newspaper sculptures, where he both scorns the idea of truisms and reinvents what the news ought to be. Rathod, referencing surrealist master Salvador Dali, develops a landscape of isolation. Speech bubbles populate a desert-scape in one work, while an ear stands by itself in another. Dixit pegs her critique of compulsive consumption through dresses and lingerie, fabricated from clothes’ price tags.

Going going gone, until 6 August, Gallery Espace, Delhi. For further information, visit www.galleryespace.com