Head to this art exhibition that delves into self-exploration and evolution

Teesta Bhandare has previously established and directed Young Collectorsrsquo Weekend a panIndia initiative to create engagement and discourse between art practitioners and collectors who are in various stages of their practice or collection journey respectively In the same vein Young Collectors art exhibition inculcates meaningful dialogue through exhibitions workshops and the infusion of technology in art By merging art with technology and creating conversation through exhibitions workshops masterclasses and panel discussion Young Collectorsrsquo exhibition provides a holistic avenue for art appreciationThe exhibition takes place in Mumbai from the 11th until the 14th of January at Kathiwada City House a center for culture art and wellness and their cultural partner of the exhibitionThe Evolution of Now is a group exhibition of 8 artists from across India whose practices vary in style medium and genreEach artistic practice represented in the exhibition is currently still in the process of selfexploration and evolution On the one hand the exhibition provides a sense of familiarity and resonance Each viewer can relate on a personal or social level with the inner mechanics of the practices displayed While on the other hand through representations of the present word they also provide differing perspectives and alternative ways of seeing the same instance or stimuliIn line with reflecting the reality of now this exhibition entails a nexus between art and technology through the utilization of blockchain to establish a clear chain of provenance The origin of each work is linked directly to the artists themselves this proof of origin is preserved on Art Gardes proprietary technologyList of Participating Artists1 Purvai RaiPurvai is a graphic designer textile designer and multimedia artist Her delicate graphite and ink drawings on rice paper are a reflection on current upheavals in society and politics specifically discriminations based on religion and cultural identity and expressions of dissent Distilled into an abstract visual language consisting of circles and elliptical patterns however they allow Purvai to allude and represent without contentiousness and to speculate and hint at the precariousness of existences on the margins2 Ritu AggarwalRitu is a contemporary artist whose practice is associated with geometric abstraction abstract illusionism and hardedged painting A resident of New Delhi one of the most densely populated urban centers in the world her practice has always revolved around the idea of urbanization Through her work she questions interpretations and interactions with the spaces that surround her and uses twodimensional picture planes and colours to express certain moods or thoughtsMy work shows my love for architectural forms painted elevated embedded and layered on a colourful grid Ritu Aggarwal3 Kaushik SahaGrowing up in Kolkata in a middleclass family in the tumultuous 90s and the first decade of the new millennium offered Kaushik a ringside view of how hollowedout slogans of social piety that promised an egalitarian society turned into the bizarre and the ridiculous in my home state of West BengalLandscape has always been a major presence in Kaushiks work A barren undulating chumming landscape painted in a quasiromantic expressionistic flourish remained the mainstay of his imagery for quite some time The landscapes have no vegetation but are pock marked with that ubiquitous marker of a consumer society the advertising billboards or the hoardings4 Meera GeorgeMeeras practice is heavily inspired by ongoing and alarming climate change She says Stoney white carcass once bursting with colour and life resigns to a memory that once was My recent mixed media artworks focus on the effects of climate change on the rising temperatures of seawater and its impact on the delicate coral life and biodiversity Coral bleaching happens when the sea water is too warm It forces the corals to expel the algae living in their tissues causing them to turn completely whiteSome corals during the process of bleaching change color as a lastditch effort to survive The dying corals gain more pigment and glow in shades of neon Researchers believe it encourages algae to return This phenomenon is a chilling beautiful and heartbreaking final cry for help as the coral attempts to grab our attention My latest series is an attempt to bring your attention to this occurrence in the depths of our oceans The works were created in mixed media acrylic offers scope for exploration through colour texture and illusionrdquo5 Dheeraj YadavDheeraj believes that lines serve as the perfect medium for expressing creative vision It is within these lines that a world of endless possibilities opens inspiring me to creative novels that reflect my artistic practiceThrough his drawings and mixed medium works Dheeraj experiments with storytelling through lines and paper in all their forms6 Akshata MokshiAkshatas passion for painting landscapes and observational drawings around nature found expression in tapestry weaving which she refers to as painting by yarnAs a student of fine arts at the JJ School of Arts Mumbai Akshata was initially introduced to weaving tapestries Since then she has showcased her works with considerable praise in India and abroad7 Pavan KavitkarPavans practice is heavily influenced by the everyday objects that he collects Each object and by extension each work is a representation of some memory or emotion that he associates with the object His experiences with migration also explain his connection with objectsShifting my space mental as well as physical my oeuvre evolves with the understanding of these spacesrdquo Pavan Kavitkar8 Sheena BajariaSheenas efforts to capture spontaneous creation is much like the ongoing evolution of our world She compares the strokes of her brushstrokes with how generations shape our journey as individuals and for humankind at large weaving stories that unfold with surprises and revelationsThrough her abstract creations and powerful brushstrokes the energy of each work is almost palpable by the viewer and invites the audience to get lost in the strokes and the intentional and unintentional shapes formed by them