# 1727 | Now Talk! | Oil on canvas | 48 x 36 inches | 2012

"Krishen Khanna is famous for his expressionist paintings tinged with existential angst. He has represented the common working class people and has given them iconic status in his work. Here he responds to the social situation of human beings who are completely tied up to their seats, gagged and tortured and asked for talking out their opinion. The oppressive nature of our contemporary times is brought efficiently in this painting.."

# 1742 | Untitled | Acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 inches | 2012

"In this painting Satish Gujral continues with his fascination for lonely travelers who seek divine visions. Though the man seen here is riding a pair of rams therefore imparting an idea of him being a shepherd, his accidental encounter with a divine fire in a cave is the pivotal theme in this painting. This encounter could be read out as the spiritual revelations of an ordinary man."

# 1739
Study of Krishna
Ink and pencil on paper
24.5 x 17.5 inches
Mid 1970s

"That Manjit Bawa had consummate control over line is clear from this drawing of the flute playing Ranjha as Krishna. This study showcases his stylistic development in terms of lines and tonalities within the figure. The work exudes a sense of great stillness and peace as though depicting the trope of musical silence as a presence." - Dr Seema Bawa

# 1738 | Untitled | Water colour on paper | 14.5 x 21.5 inches | Late 1960s

"A very early work of Manjit Bawa's artistic career when he concentrated on landscapes using water colour and oil. His exploration of colour, line and form in the journey towards discovering his aesthetic grammar is aptly demonstrated in this painting of 'birds in flight' done during one of his many early travels in India. One can see the pristine watery background of Bharatpur in morning light." - Dr Seema Bawa

# 1802 | Untitled | Oil on canvas | 36 x 36 inches | 2011

"Paramjit Singh is India's master landscape artist. The vast lands that often visit each human being as nostalgic memories repeatedly manifests in the works of Paramjit Singh. They mark places as well as mental spaces. In this marking, he also flags out the losses that we have incurred in due course of time due to deforestation. In this work, the ascending greenery that touches upon the skyline at the top of an illusionary hill enthrals the viewer while the artist focuses on the greys that gnaw at the green from the foreground of the painting. While it soothes with the green and blue forewarns the viewer of the impending catastrophes also."

# 449 | Untitled | Oil on canvas | 30 x 60 inches

"This painting belongs to the peak phase of Yousuf Ali's career. He was intensely interested in music and had taken a great interest in depicting musical sessions. In a cubistically inclined style the artist has painted so many musical themes. Yousuf Ali is not a cubist in strictest sense though he deconstructs the contours to create a symphony of planes and colors."





# 601 | Untitled | Oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches | Late 1970s

"Yousuf Ali liked to paint mundane subjects; but each time he painted it, he elevated them into a different plane of experience. In this painting he paints a couple in a domestic situation. There is an erotically charged atmosphere lingering around the figures though they are not in a conjugal position. This energy and synergy between two people are brought in by the deconstruction of forms as well as the pictorial surface."





# 1526 | Untitled | Oil on board | 19.5 x 23 inches | 1968

"The formative years of Yousuf Ali were spent in making so many experimental works. Western Modernism was the widely acclaimed model that had been pursued by many artists of 1960s and 70s. Here a young Yousuf Ali paints a boat in an Impressionistic style. The oil paint strokes on board are thick and the effect of light on the central object is highlighted by the nature of impasto applied by the artist."


# 1527 | Untitled | Oil on board | 19.5 x 23 inches

"In this impressionistic work Yousuf, like his French counterparts of a century before tries to depict a rural scene. The atmosphere is serene and the sky is clear, and farmer who is not in the picture has gone home leaving the bullocks to eat their hay. The harmony of rural life and the slow pace of agrarian economy are quite palpable in this work."





# 414
Al-Musawwir
(The Fashioner) - Allah Series
Water colour on paper
14 x 11 inches

"How does Allah, the almighty god fashion this world of human beings and all the worlds? Yousuf Ali writes the name of Allah as the fashioner and he incorporates the tools of measurement within the image scheme in order to suggest that the God is precise in his calculations. Everything created by him has a purpose. The artist does not forget to incorporate the beauty of nature by rendering a creeper."

# 857 | Music | Oil on canvas | 24 x 24 inches | 2011

"Haku Shah chronicles the life of ordinary human folk in his inimitable style. In most of his work, one could see a young male figure playing flute. In this painting too, one could see a Krishna like figure playing flute and the gopis standing around him. The painting is animated with the arrival of a bird that comes amidst the people attracted by music."

# 50 | Buddha Now�..II | Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 78 inches | 2005

"Veteran artist Umesh Varma is a spiritual person and Buddhism is his route to salvation. Instead of depicting the Buddha figure in a conventional way, he brings out a cosmic representation of Buddhahood through suggestive symbolism. The cosmic conjugation of energies happens while five elements harmoniously blend in different hues."






# 377
Acharaj II
Acrylic on canvas
35 x 23 inches
2007

"This is a combination of Umesh Varma's abstract and figurative styles. King Elephant is represented by his trunk and it is about to pluck lotus flowers from the pool. It is a very precarious moment as we know that it could also function as the moment of its deliverance (as in Gajendra Moksham). However, the artist abstracts the foreground in order to create a pictorial tension."

# 1986
Devi series
Oil on canvas
48 x 30 inches
2012






"Even when she depicts women from ordinary life situations, Rini Dhumal imparts them with an iconic quality. It is not just romanticizing the existence of women in this world. The artist presents them as fighters against any kind of oppression. In this painting, a woman is slowly transformed as a fiery goddess. She is an ordinary woman; a devotee. But in the process, she gets the attributes of a very powerful goddess who could bless and curse at the same time."

# 769 | Walking Shadows of Life | Acrylic & oil on canvas | 84 x 84 inches | 2011

"In this painting, one could see a very thoughtful moment of a boy child who looks at his surroundings without comprehending the pace of change. The speed of happenings is represented by rolling discs; they run from the background to the foreground."



# 893 | Perpetual Serenity | Oil on canvas | 48 x 48 | 2012

"In this work, Veguri brings out a serene scene of idyllic innocence and a different economics. Here, a young man is seen playing a flute while taking his herd of sheep to graze. There is a symbiotic relationship between the man and animals. But the red brush stroke that runs across the painting shows a different reality; a rupture of serenity. However, the artist aspires for the serene atmosphere that still prevails in rural areas."

# 764 | Floating Dreams | Oil on canvas | 60 x 60 inches | 2011

"Veguri Ravindra Babu is a chronicler of changing life patterns of rural people according to the spreading of industrialization. He gives iconic status to those people who still hold the rural innocence in their faces. Naturally, children get to be featured in his works. In this painting we see the face of a girl with eyes full of hope, painted in his typical style."








# 779 | A Wave of Phantasma | Acrylic & oil on canvas | 60 x 84 inches | 2011

"Veguri likes to paint in grey tones. Though grey tones are generally used to paint gloomy pictures, Veguri very artistically uses this tone for celebratory purpose. Here, a boy is seen sitting at the tip of a docked boat. He has all the hope for future. He feels like a conqueror. And the vast sea and horizon look like his kingdom."




# 894 | Trumpets of Fortune | Oil on canvas | 48 x 48 inches | 2012

"There is something surreal about this painting. A boy stands with his back to the viewers, on a landscape filled with huge clocks. One clock in the center of the heap has got a red dot in it suggesting an impending change. The boy is unaware of it and he wistfully watches the vast sky above and the birds flying there. The time can change his fortunes, the artist seems to say."

# 1731 | Parikrima - Chamunda | Mix media on canvas with
24 ct gold and silver leaf | 36 x 48 inches | 2013

"The main theme of this painting, as in the case of other works of Seema Kohli, remains the omnipotent woman. She consumes the world and recreates it. She in her natural glory occupies three worlds at once. Her various manifestations are seen within the highly ornamented painting. The left panel created within the pictorial format counter balances the theme by portraying women in repeated physical gestures suggestive of daily toiling."

# 1 | Epitome | Acrylic on canvas | 54 x 59 inches | 2005

"The deep spiritual concern of the artist is reverberated and resonated in the image of Buddha. The stillness created out of the yogic face of Buddha is contrasted with the animated chanting wheels commonly seen in the Buddhist temples. There is a play of darkness and silence in the painting that articulates meditative depths and revelatory bliss."

# 22 | Untitled | Acrylic, pencil, pen & ink on canvas | 67 x 43 inches

"Yusuf creates mindscapes that depict how the artist internalizes the external realities. In this vertically ascending painting, various planes are created through the demarcation of foreground, middle ground and the background. The energies of Prakriti and Purusha conjoin at a focal point in the horizon. Yusuf's typical style of abstraction comes to play in this painting."

# 1838 | Untitled | Acrylic on canvas | 40 x 50 inches| 2013

"In his typical style of expressionism, tinged with impressionist feel, Tejinder Kanda in this painting presents the contexts of labor. He draws a lot of inspiration from the streets where people struggle to make their ends meet. Vendors and rickshaw pullers become protagonists. Also, the artist likes cycles by making them have a life of their own."


# 1923 | Untitled | Acrylic on canvas | 32 x 56 inches | 2013

# 310
Buddha
Mix media (Charcoal, pen, ink, silver & acrylic) on paper
65.5 x 30 inches
2007

"Buddha is one of the favorite subjects that Sanjay Kumar has been dealing with in his works. His proficiency in graphically illustrating the life of Buddha and associated myths is quite apparent in this work. The vertical format of the painting shows a disembodied Buddha represented by a stylized head and a vessel at the foreground. Rest of the spaces illustrate Buddhist myths."

#1693 | Man-Ki | Soft pastel on paper | 21.75 x 29.5 inches | 2013

"Though it is a langoor, a type of large monkey seen abundantly in Gujarat, Ambalal calls it a Man-ki. It could be read as Man in a monkey role or if one read it in Hindi, it is 'man-ki', pertaining to mind. Ambalal suggests that the man is not much different from this large monkey who seems to be exercising his free will to pry around."

#307 | Drawing I | Conte on canvas | 47 x 43 | 2007

"Wasim Kapoor's studies, sketches and drawings have a lot of sensual feel about them. In this work, he shows a female nude with a strong erotic potential. Her flowing hair, and closed lips and eyes suggest a sort of auto-eroticism. It is heightened by the way she holds her right hand under her breast. The lines are subtle and flowing."


#316 | Rickshaw | Oil on canvas | 66 x 54 inches | 2007

# 44
Those Loving Birds III
Oil on canvas
70 x 36 inches
2003


In this work, Viren Tanwar moves slightly away from his preoccupation with miniature style. However while retaining the miniature feel of the painting he makes the protagonists look more contemporary. Though archetypal in their presence, the loving couple in the painting is seen in their primal erotic energies and in a deep embrace. The imminence of their union is suggested by the greenish hue pervading the painting."

# 250 | Monk performing miracle | Acrylic on canvas | 40 x 50 inches | 2006

"Dilip Ranade's interest in the life of monks and their capacity to bring peace and harmony to life is once again seen in this work. Against a deep meditative blue, a monk is seen performing a miracle by making an apple to levitate. This anti-gravitational pull is pictorially underlined by a bird's ability to fly up in the air. This metaphor also suggests the right exercising of will power to achieve peace of mind, therefore the desired goals."

# 1789 | Heritage | Pen and ink on paper | 14.5 x 22 inches | 2008

"Jayant Parikh's works oscillate between illustrations and figurative narratives. In this pen and ink drawing, one could see the artist's interest in a historical past taking shape. It shows the colonial times and the birth of organized urban spaces. The cannon in the foreground and the cavalry passing through the street suggest a critical heritage of our country."

# 56 | Untitled | Mix media on canvas | 31.5 inches Diametre | 2005

"In this mixed media on canvas, Vidhyasagar Upadhyay experiments not only with the abstract values of colors but also with different materials. These materials create layers upon layers, helping the artist to impart volume to the painting. Besides, he experiments with the painterly format; he negates the square and rectangular formats of canvas and chooses circular frames."

# 97 | Kashmir landscape | Oil on canvas | 50 x 74 inches | 2005

"In this semi-Impressionistic and semi-realistic work, Bhushen Koul attempts to capture an idyllic scene of Kashmir. It gives a nostalgic feeling about Kashmir waterscapes and landscapes where life goes on smoothly in harmony with nature. The man in the boat seems to be absolutely in tune with his surroundings and it is a scene of tranquility and meditation."

# 85 | Surfaces within a Surface | Acrylic & mix media on paper | 29 x 39 inches | 1999

"As the title suggest, this painting by Shailesh Patel is layered with multiple images and the style of treatment. The overlapping layers shows life in its multiplicity. The setting is an academy where various people are involved in various activities; of learning art to romancing, from deep contemplation to idling. This is a very skillfully worked out painting with realistic and surrealistic suggestions."

# 318
The Parental village of my Baby II
Natural pigments (oil tempera) on canvas
50 x 40 inches
2007

"As the title suggests, it is a revisit to an ancestral village. Devangi avoids narratives in her paintings. Instead she abstracts them into the essential features. This painting has got a centrally placed tree and the fertility of the surrounding areas is suggested by various grids. She employs a miniature painting technique of incorporating multiple perspectives within the same pictorial plane."

# 1958 | Monk | Pen & ink on canvas | 24 x 48 inches | 2012

"Prakash Ghadge is a versatile graphic artist. The lines are precise and the scenes that he creates are graphically narrated with a sense of realism. Monks are his favorite topics. The serene life styles and activities of these monks are captured with sharp and clear lines and most of them are seen in a clearing surrounded by trees. This setting gives an opportunity to the artist to bring all his graphic qualities to maximum use. There is a pervading silence in all these works, which heightens the feel of these works"

"The abstract works of Neena Singh resonate with energy and music. They have an internal luminosity. Vast expanses of lands, both experienced and imagined are turned into mental-landscapes in the process of painting. These could be called the 'meta-scapes' of experience. Skillful use of knife imparts these paintings with a textural quality."

# 1937 | Untitled | Acrylic on canvas | 42 x 72 inches | 2010

# 246 | Siddhi Vinayak | Acrylic, water, silver & gold foil on old & new handmade paper
25 x 33 inches | 2007

"Going by the traditional and ritualistic representation of Ganesha, the God who dispels all obstacles in life and work front, this painting depicts a minimal Ganesha figure in the middle of the painting. And the surrounding surface is divided into identical squares filled with floral motifs and written prayers."

# 291 | Music Within | Acrylic on canvas | 49 x 37 inches | 2007

"A strong sense of romantic lyricism pervades in the painting titled, "Music Within", by Madan Lal. Here he depicts the prakruti and purusha principles of nature in the form of a male and female lovingly sitting together. This couple is seen at the banks of a river, which definitely shows the cosmic flow of time than an actual river. In traditional narratives, river means the flow of time and also it connotes change. The male-female duo therefore becomes the witnesses of changes without being affected by it. They are the pure souls of eternal beings."

# 1988 | Where is it? | Oil on canvas | 30 x 40 inches | 2013

"This painting by Nabibakhsh Mansoori depicts a vast landscape without its intricate details. However, the vastness is indicated in the fluid color patches that emphasize the two dimensional feel of the painting. As the viewer finds certain figurative suggestions like the part of a hut, a hill side, a tree, foliage and so on, a new meaning is taken shape within the painting. It is celebration of the beauty of landscapes."

# 1939 | Circle of Life | Natural dyes on canvas | 45 x 48 inches | 2011

"Ruby Jagrut is an interesting painter with an eye for abstraction. She does not use the traditional abstract art techniques to develop her pictorial surfaces. Instead, by using natural dyes, like a classical artist, she creates scenes from life, which are treated in a very personalized style. While she desists from narration, she gives enough clues for the viewer to understand the painting. In Circle of Life, one could see a mother and child sitting near a flowering tree while the time flows by. The cyclical nature of life is suggested in the painting."

# 1803 | Nature | Acrylic on canvas | 30 x 36 | 2013

"Umakant Kanade's sharp graphic quality makes this work worth pondering. As in his other paintings, here too he looks at a sylvan landscape and depicts it in a very sensual way. Though the monochromatic feel is the tone of the painting, the colorful birds that flit in make all the difference. They impart a quality of surrealism to the otherwise realistic painting."

# S-400
Spatial Figures XI
Stainless steel and epoxy paint
10.6 x 10.4 x 10.7 inches
2006

"The green and stainless steel color combination of this work highlights Dhruva Mistry's perennial interest in incorporating 'elements' in his sculptural installations. Here, the earth and air elements are accentuated through a harmonious play of negative and positive spaces. The idea of mother earth carrying life comes effectively through this work."

"A seated woman's figure is created through a cubistic style in which the volume of the figure is suggested through the negative spaces. The red color indicates passion and fire of life that gives a special animated nature to the sculpture. The happy abandon of the posture of this seated figure is so palpable in the curves and recessions created in stainless steel by the artist."

# S-402
Spatial Diagram V 16
Stainless Steel and epoxy paint
12 x 12 x 11 inches
2004-06

"The artist's interest in incorporating the elements becomes once again apparent in this work where one sees the skillful blending of water element with the air element. It shows how two disparate and distance elements are brought in touch through a female figure that is seen to support the sky. Her sense of belonging to the space is seen through integrated spaces and volumes."

"Playing with organic forms is dear to Dhruva Mistry. The traditional Nandi, the vehicle of Lord Shiva comes as a point of reference here. However, it moves to the contemporary zone of aesthetic articulation when the onlooker identifies this bull figure as those bulls seen in our urban roads. A fair amount of abstraction imparts tactile fluidity to the form of this bull."

# S-475 | Possessiveness | Black granite | 10 x 21 x 10 inches | 2011

"How do we possess a person, a thing or an imagination? The answer is, definitely by holding our feelings / hand / net around them. In this extremely sensitive work, Nagji Patel combines two abstract forms to express the idea of possessiveness. The polished thing of desire is within the clutches of a coarse grip."

# S-474
Deity
Black granite
56 x 22 x 15 inches
2012

"Nagji Patel is famous for his large scale granite sculptures. However, when he comes to deal with the small scale works, his sensitivity gets hundred times sharper, as this work deity shows. The vertical granite is centrally polished creating an elongated face or an abstract form of symbolic power worthy enough to be worshipped. And he rightly calls it a Deity."

# S-462 | The Class of Fun | Bronze | 20 x 16 x 17 inches | 2013

"What do children do when the elders are away from the potter's wheel? They make use of the moment and maximize their fun. In an unusual play, here, two children are seen playing at a wheel; while one makes a cartwheeling move with a charpoy balanced on his legs, the other kid is seen moving the wheel to create a whirlwind. The upward spiraling of life celebration is suggested in this work."

# S-460
Monkeys' Food Corner
Bronze
20 x 32 x 15 inches
2013




"Ratilal Kansodaria's sculptures mostly narrate rural themes with a sense of fun and irony. Here the spatial division is done through the tilting of the charpoy; on the one side two cavorting figures are seen as if they were escaping from the monkeys who have come to raid their food. The animated figures are capable of narrating the precariousness and fun of that particular moment."











# S-461
Enjoying Together
Bronze
15 x 29 x 11 inches
2013





"Rural themes fascinate Ratilal Kansodaria. His hallmark image of a charpoy once again comes to play in this sculpture too. Here two animated children convert a charpoy into a cart while one of them hauls it like a beast of burden, the other one sits at the other end and goads him to move. The most interesting feature of this sculpture is a bunch of puppies enjoying the imaginary ride in the charpoy turned cart."

# S-478
Silent Shloka II
Ceramic with liquid gold luster
Diametre 11.8 inches, height 5.9 inches
2012


















# S-480
Silent Shloka IV
Ceramic with liquid gold
Diametre 11.4 inches, height 5.5 inches
2012

# S-477 to # S-480
"As a Ceramist I have tried to play with permutations and combinations of myriad forms and delicate glazes that reveal an individual sensibility with complete control of medium and a curiosity for art historical imagery and philosophy. The Gopurams, the Garbagrihas and the lingam / yoni form in the Indian temples triggered a series of questions in me about creationism, sexuality, sublimity and spirituality. 'Silent Shloka' emerged out of this intensely spiritual experience, which in a way differentiates from religion. This series is not just about the possibilities of the form, but also about the expression of peace experienced through the form that is associative with faith and the meditative energy of God." - Artist's note