Apart from the sheer volume of artworks that make up gallerist Saloni Doshi’s Lost Fragrance of Infinity at Space 118, it is the umbrella theme that presents an exciting opportunity to relook at our surroundings from multiple new perspectives through art. Comprising the work of 22 artists from across India, Lost Fragrances, captures the artists’ individual responses to the changing global environment including societal, cultural, ecological, and spiritual themes. In a poetic sense, Doshi notes that the artists’ considerations also move into ‘Infinity’ or infinite lines and abstraction where we cannot comprehend the future.

Taking us through a few pieces in the exhibition, Doshi begins with artist Deena Pindoria’s work that picks up history and textiles lost in the past. This includes a series of frames placed together that showcase Pindoria’s experimentations with Ajrakh block printing found in the Kutch district along with documenting historical occurrences and traditional customs from familial archival photos.