In November 2022, Sarmaya collaborated with Ojas Art to present our first exhibition in Delhi. In the 34th edition of our digital magazine, Spotlight, we examine some environmental, cultural and artistic themes from the show.
Echoes of the Land
Art bears witness to a changing planet
Sarmaya X Ojas Art present ‘Echoes of the Land’
Highlights from our two-week exhibition at Ojas Art, Delhi, which showcased the works of 20 artists from the Sarmaya collection
Echoes of the Land – Virtual exhibition
Sarmaya’s first exhibition in Delhi is now online! Experience the sights and sounds of ‘Echoes of the Land’ as it was staged at Ojas Art in Nov 2022
“Echoes of the Land has been a revelation for us at Ojas”
In conversation with Anubhav Nath, founder of Ojas Art, on the collaboration with Sarmaya and the vitality of indigenous art
Worship, Preserve, Witness – The role of art in the Anthropocene
Nourished for millennia by the infinite variety of nature and its boundless capacity for renewal, artists today show us how to forge a more equitable connection with the earth
A Return to The Land – A history of Warli paintings
How did the art of a people from the Sahyadri mountains of western India capture the imagination of the nation and the world? The evolution of Warli paintings from Jivya Soma Mashe to the Vayeda Brothers
Gopa Trivedi’s fables of an inevitable future
Drawing from the practices of Rajasthani miniature painting and printmaking, Gopa Trivedi turns abstract concepts—time, decay, renewal—into provocative, fragmented frames
How to draw a tree like Sukhnandi Vyam
A member of the Gond-Pardhan community, Sukhnandi Vyam considers his art as an expression of the tribe's identity and spiritual connection with nature
“My landscapes are testaments to the silent lands of Assam”
Through this series of woodcut prints, Chandan Benz Baruah looks back at the forests of his childhood with love for what they gave him and rage for what’s being taken from them
India before Independence: Smaller struggles for freedom 
Whose land is it anyway? 
By The Book 
Delhi: Evolution of a City 
Martial Art: The True Story Behind This Engraving From the Anglo-Sikh War 
The Delhi You’ve Never Seen 
Stepping into the underground splendour of Delhi’s baolis 
Art of the Unexpected – In conversation with Santosh Kumar Das 
Family Portraiture: An attempt at reading a personal album