A group of gentlemen in a state of metamorphosis, circa 2175 AD

On thursday evening, if you drop in at Sakshi Gallery, you'll find yourself staring at 15 wooden frames holding obscure, pixelated artworks mounted on its walls. Look closer amidst the hand-painted and deconstructed layers of cubes and pixels and you will spot a number of vintage studio portraits. Captured sometime between 1940s and '50s, these photographs feature Indians from different social strata and communities. There's a Parsi gentleman seated in deep contemplation. Another frame holds a sari-clad Marwari woman, and in a corner, you will find a group of gentlemen dressed in black coats and hats — all with their faces blurred.