Art show recreates social relationship between man and nature

The social relationship between the human and the non-human components of the environment have been recreated through elements of mythology and science fiction at an ongoing exhibition here.
Titled 'G/rove' the show underway at Latitude 28 gallery here, has been presented against the backdrop of dramatic ecological shifts, and envisages non-anthropocentric modes of thinking and existing through mythical and science fictional frames.
"By inviting the viewer to rove through the progressively disenchanted forest that constitutes the world in search of myths and utopias the exhibition hopes to uncover the key to appeasing a provoked Gaia," organisers said.
One of the paintings titled, "First Rain" by artist Krishnaraj Chonat features outlines of a cow and a deer, bringing together the wild and the domesticated in a magical setting, that underlines the greatness of nature.

"The artwork oozes of nocturnal longing and sexuality, a wetness that hints at desire without or outside of boundaries, free flowing and unrestricted, as if before civilisation drew its lines," Bhavna Kakar, owner of the gallery, said.
Multiple cycles of destruction and renewal are portrayed in the dense landscape of another painting titled "Aaru's Seven", where Chonat has shown water washed patches getting smoky and a floral foreground melting into strange waters and a stormy sky.

Another range of striking artworks is the 'Villupt' series by artist Nobina Gupta who raises questions about the ongoing paradigms of development and sustainability, while sensitising the modern man to experience his psychic dichotomy.

Her artworks, on handmade paper, are an allegorical representation of existence as 'Fossils'.
"Her work is the creation of natural molds or imprints of the organic world being valuable evidence of extinct species and the theory of evolution providing us the missing links," says Kakar.
The exhibition is set to continue till February 28.