Colour is the most obvious concept that pops into people’s heads when they think of art, argues Shatadeep Maitra, project manager at art company DAG. “The colour blue in particular is very significant to this part of the subcontinent. It’s the colour of the skin of Hindu gods like Vishnu and Krishna. Blue is a colour that throughout history has symbolised concepts like purity,” he shares. Blue was a prominent hue that cropped up around the era of the Indus Valley Civilisation, when the cultivation of the indigo plant first began. Post Independence, the colour became associated with political sentiments and the idea of freedom. For Maitra, it was the obvious choice to draw inspiration from, when it came to curating DAG’s latest exhibition, Indian Blue.

Untitled by Jamini Roy