Early Indian Maps
Drawing Lines – Early maps of India
Collector’s Edition: Paul Abraham on ‘People of India’
Paul Abraham introduces us to a rare 19th-century album of ethnographic photographs, a gem from the Sarmaya collection
Read more ...Whose land is it anyway?
We examine the themes presented in Saju Kunhan’s work as they are represented in our collection of rare 19th-century portraits, war photography, engravings, contemporary art and Warli painting
Read more ...Zarina Hashmi and the idea of home
Witness to the horrors of Partition as a child, Zarina dedicated her decades-long career to exploring the idea of home and belonging, and the lingering pain of displacement
Read more ...Reading between the lines
From medieval coins to colonial-era photography, we bring a diverse array of objects from our collection that reinforce the arguments made by Saubiya Chasmawala’s art
Read more ...To the earth we return
Through surreal Gond art, witty feminist narratives and earthy Pattachitra scrolls from our collection, we further the themes that influence Rithika Merchant’s paintings
Read more ...Anju Acharya and the circle of life
Artist Anju Acharya’s gaze may seem coolly observational at first, but it is in fact informed by deep wells of emotion and sensitivity towards her environment
Read more ...Mayank Shyam and the forest of Gond
If there’s one lesson Mayank Shyam has learnt from his father and legendary Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam, it is to be wholly, joyously, uncompromisingly himself and true to the soil that has nourished him
Read more ...Sarmaya X TARQ: In conversation with Hena Kapadia
‘majha’ by Gaurav Ogale x Farah Mulla
Notes by the artist on ‘majha’, an audio-visual mix media installation by Gaurav Ogale x Farah Mulla
Read more ...Where do we go from here?
Faced with the ravages of the global pandemic, we’re all seeking comfort, beauty and a way to strengthen that inner light no storm can disturb. ‘Shifting Selves’ offers the balm of art and history as it documents this journey inward
Read more ...Making Meaning: The art of Saubiya Chasmawala
Is there a way to return to the site of an old injustice and reclaim our power? Saubiya Chasmawala’s haunting, hypnotic art attempts a revision of exactly this sort
Read more ...Mining Mythology: The art of Rithika Merchant
The colours of Gond art, the figures of ancient Egypt and the stories of Greek mythology flower organically on her canvas and demand a closer re-reading
Read more ...Mapping Mirages: The art of Saju Kunhan
Walking the path of the historian, archivist and craftsman, Saju Kunhan creates room for cultures, centuries and civilisations to constantly collide and create new meanings
Read more ...Shifting Selves
Something beautiful and bizarre starts to happens when you place disparate works of art and history next to each other. Like a creeper putting out tendrils to investigate higher ground, these objects begin to reach out and whisper to each other. Connections crackles across mediums, styles and eras. Universal themes shine through like iridescent threads.… Read more »
Read more ...Paul Abraham in conversation with Sona Bhasin
Sarmaya x TARQ present ‘Shifting Selves – Between meaning, mythology & mirage’
First in the series of collaborations between Sarmaya and India’s leading art galleries