Subodh Gupta’s Anahad/Unstruck: A comeback exhibition after nine years in Mumbai
Subodh Gupta has returned to Mumbai after a nine-year absence with a production that brilliantly combines his politics and evolving aesthetic style. Subodh Gupta 's most recent solo exhibition, Anahad /Unstruck, is now being held in the renowned Studio Mahalaxmi, which has undergone another transformation into an art venue. The exhibition consists of four paintings and four installations, all of which were erected in two enormous film studios and all of which used different metal components, particularly Gupta's preferred alloy, steel. However, Gupta's recent explorations with form and structure provide a whole new world to many people in the city acclimated to his characteristic enmeshing of pots, pans, and other steel utensils prevalent in Indian homes. "When an artist turns to his own roots and culture, he develops a distinctive style. According to Germano Celant , an art historian and creative director of the Prada Foundation, "His visualisations then pr...
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