Mumbai art exhibition celebrates surreal worlds through works of seven women artists

Vivek Radhakrishnan

Walking through the vibrant Khotachiwadi, one of the few heritage villages in Mumbai, comes close to an art gallery experience in itself. This week, seven women from across the country add a splash of surrealism to the experience at art gallery, 47-A. Cartographies of the Inner World marks the Mumbai debut of Bengaluru's KYNKYNY Art Gallery.

"The exhibition was not conceived specifically around women artists. But the works collectively embody an undeniably feminine energy," the art gallery's director and curator Vivek Radhakrishnan reveals. While the artists choose forms ranging from printmaking to sculptures, they share a common language of dreams, memories, and personal stories.

TILL May 24; 11 am to 7 pm
AT 47-A, Khotachiwadi, Girgaon.
FREE

Meet the artists

Acrylic on canvas

Veenita Chendvankar's fantastical canvases use subtle shifts in hues to blend memory, indigenous myth, and reality.

Fantasy Garden - Kerala 1, acrylic on canvas. Pics Courtesy/KYNKYNY

Nidhi Mariam Jacob draws from her childhood memories of visits to parks and gardens to combine botanical forms and the transitional nature of life. The lush depictions invite the viewer to engage with the mysteries of the natural world.

Rhapsody, bronze

Dimpy Menon turns metal into fluid sculpture of human expressions and natural elements

Silent Night - Edition 1/2 , woodcut

Payal Rokade taps into her own transition between rural and urban environments through evocative printmaking

Window seat, mixed media

Rakhee Shenoy uses unlikely objects like flowers, insects, gadgets and keepsakes to create surreal landscapes

Hello, Love, mixed media on canvas

Bakula Nayak revisits old letters and personal objects that come together in layered assortment

The Shadow That Talk, acrylic on linen canvas

Priyanka Aelay's acrylic works featuring diverse fauna are an ode to Mother Nature