Artist Jitish Kallat's search for an interesting space called the ordinary

In this extraordinary time, Kallat tells Pavan Lall about the interesting space called ordinary that he's fiercely in search of

Artists can have affectations of celebrity, assuming larger-than-life persona, with eccentricities often a part of their being. Or sometimes, it’s just who they are. But for progressive artist Jitish Kallat, who belongs to Kerala but who was born and raised in a middle-income family in Mumbai, it’s all about the pursuit of being normal.

“I’m fiercely in search of normality, just the everyday. The ordinary is a very interesting space. A fallen twig, a long walk, a shifting shadow...”

It’s a Thursday morning and Kallat, on the other side of a video call, is at his home in Bandra in Mumbai, sipping