“Ethereal Visions” brings together a diverse group of contemporary artists from across India in a show that moves between figuration, abstraction, and sculptural form, mapping a wide spectrum of visual languages currently in practice. Rather than positioning the ‘ethereal’ as something purely transcendental or decorative, the exhibition locates it within lived experience: memory, labour, environment, and the psychological interior.

The paintings on view range from expressive figuration to stylised landscapes and symbolic narratives. Certain works engage with the human condition through layered, almost eroded surfaces, figures appear fragmented, dissolving into their environments, suggesting themes of migration, anonymity, and collective endurance. Others adopt a more lyrical or decorative approach, where colour fields and organic forms, such as trees rendered in vivid chromatic contrasts, evoke a contemplative, almost meditative stillness. There is also a strong presence of surreal and symbolic portraiture, where the human face becomes a site of internal tension, marked by intricate patterning and fissures that allude to identity, trauma, and transformation.