Here's your complete guide to Mumbai Gallery Weekend this January

A map folded openGallery Art amp Charlie BandraArtists Sabeen Omar Mahen Perera and Urna SinhaAn artwork by Urna SinhaA map folded open is an invitation to see where its lines may lead to follow memory where it lingers Three artists in the exhibit mdash Sabeen Omar and Mahen Perera from Colombo Sri Lanka and Urna Sinha from Goa mdash use various media and techniques textile scraps fabric sculptures paints and photographs to trace this journeyWhat Do Birds Dream At DuskGallery Chemould Prescott RoadArtist Mithu SenAn I for an eye by Mithu SenThe exhibit explores blindness not as a medical state but as a political condition mdash shaped by selective seeing curated truths and collective denial In a world where media edits reality where militarism frames vision and where comfort replaces conscience sight becomes unreliable and blindness becomes systemic Who controls what we see Whose suffering remains invisible What has been erased by design By integrating Braille the artist invites viewers to unlearn the visible and confront the worlds that remain unseenBy FireGallery AEligquo ColabaArtist Kelly WearstlerOne collection features a series of furniture pieces and table objects built around a massive cast bronze grid inlaid with hundreds of handshaped enamel pieces creating a contrast of colour and texture The other takes shape in teak carved by hand into fluid forms burnt to deepen its texture and accented with delicate bronze elements Presented together they offer a landscape where fire meets wood and metal and where structure and fluidity coexist They reflect the meeting of Los Angeles and Mumbai of a designer entering new territoryDouble ConsciousnessGallery Jhaveri Contemporary ColabaArtist Lubna ChowdharyThere is no ldquoone wayrdquo to feel when you view a work of art for example an artwork might fill you with both delight and foreboding Lubna Chowdharyrsquos new exhibit is a delicate dance in dualityLone Runnerrsquos LaboratoryGallery Experimenter ColabaArtist Prabhakar PachputeFor more than a decade Prabhakar Pachpute has critically examined the impact of mining on both the environment and human lives What began as a study of altered natural and industrial landscapes has deepened into an exploration of the inner worlds of those most affected The first iteration of Lone Runnerrsquos Laboratory will bring together a new body of sculptures and paintings posing significant questions on what forms of resistance must be forged to allow our lands to bloomWhatrsquos the big dealEver wanted to go galleryhopping in the city only to be turned away because some are shut over the weekend During the Mumbai Gallery Weekend mdash January 811 mdash not only will 33 galleries put up their best shows of the year but January 11 is also the only Sunday in the year when all of them will stay open from 12 pm onwards Whether yoursquore a connoisseur or a newbie to art itrsquos the best time to check out the cityrsquos art scene

Here's your complete guide to Mumbai Gallery Weekend this January

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Gallery: Art & Charlie, Bandra
Artists: Sabeen Omar, Mahen Perera, and Urna Sinha

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A map folded openGallery: Art & Charlie, BandraArtists: Sabeen Omar, Mahen Perera, and Urna Sinha

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A map folded open
Gallery: Art & Charlie, Bandra
Artists: Sabeen Omar, Mahen Perera, and Urna Sinha