Revisiting a beach in France’s Normandy nearly seven years ago, artist Satish Gupta took up a vantage point to paint the rough sea. He had previously visited spots like this in France as a student in 1970. Filling his canvas with the view before him, he noticed his friend, who had driven him to the beach, meditating in the midst of high crashing waves. This moment ushered him along in his journey to understand and embrace Zen. Speaking about his latest show Zen Thunder Zen Silence, a limited edition of works presented in the city at Jehangir Art Gallery after a gap of seven years, Gupta concurs, “The show is about our choice to stay calm, observe, learn from experiences and move forward. It started at Normandy that [the moment] was a turning point to understand how we can deal with such situations.”

The Wandering Cloud