Art NOW seeks to document 'moment' that contemporary arts find itself in

Art NOW 17, currently on view at Art Alive, New Delhi, brings together 84 works by 34 senior and emerging artists

As sunrays ripple across the surface of Timelessness, the ghats of Benaras seem to come alive on the canvas. The image seems to move, with every shift of shadow and each flicker of light animating a part of this mammoth 8 feet-by-21 feet oil and acrylic on canvas by Paresh Maity. A little ahead is a larger-than-life image of a woman attired in a coloured sari, head smeared with vermillion and arms bedecked with ornaments — at first glance, a romanticised depiction of a dusky village belle in Telangana. A closer look and you will realise that this acrylic on