Updated On: 17 June, 2021 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Tanishka D’Lyma
Artist Rithika Merchant discusses her win at the Sovereign Asia Art Prize for her work titled Saudade, part of her solo exhibition Birth of a New World earlier this year with TARQ

Saudade, 2020. Pic Courtesy/TARQ
It’s easy to view Birth of a New World through the lens of Covid-19, though Merchant began work on this series in October 2019. Themes like nostalgia and hope for the future crossover from the show’s topic of climate change to the ongoing pandemic.
Rithika Merchant