Anju Acharya explores the coexistence of humans and nature, underlining the importance of conservation. By using natural materials to make her art, she avoids chemically treated canvases to align with her theme of nature’s mutation due to human intervention. Her works, often painted on raw rice paper, appear simplistic at first but reveal layers of… Read more »
Anju Acharya explores the coexistence of humans and nature, underlining the importance of conservation. By using natural materials to make her art, she avoids chemically treated canvases to align with her theme of nature’s mutation due to human intervention. Her works, often painted on raw rice paper, appear simplistic at first but reveal layers of… Read more »
Anju Acharya explores the coexistence of humans and nature, underlining the importance of conservation. By using natural materials to make her art, she avoids chemically treated canvases to align with her theme of nature’s mutation due to human intervention. Her works, often painted on raw rice paper, appear simplistic at first but reveal layers of… Read more »
Anju Acharya explores the coexistence of humans and nature, underlining the importance of conservation. By using natural materials to make her art, she avoids chemically treated canvases to align with her theme of nature’s mutation due to human intervention. Her works, often painted on raw rice paper, appear simplistic at first but reveal layers of… Read more »
Anju Acharya explores the coexistence of humans and nature, underlining the importance of conservation. By using natural materials to make her art, she avoids chemically treated canvases to align with her theme of nature’s mutation due to human intervention. Her works, often painted on raw rice paper, appear simplistic at first but reveal layers of… Read more »
Anju Acharya explores the coexistence of humans and nature, underlining the importance of conservation. By using natural materials to make her art, she avoids chemically treated canvases to align with her theme of nature’s mutation due to human intervention. Her works, often painted on raw rice paper, appear simplistic at first but reveal layers of… Read more »
All through 2024, explore the Sarmaya collection through the 12 sun signs of the zodiac. Updated every month, from Feb 2024 – Jan 2025
This work from the series ‘Unborn’ by Anju Acharya (b.1992) illustrates a realistically rendered fish on rice paper. The fish appears to be preparing to give birth. The overarching themes in Acharya’s series ‘Unborn’ are birth, death, and decay. She draws on her personal pregnancy experience. She considers how this connects her to all the… Read more »
This work from the series Unborn by Anju Acharya (b.1992), illustrates a realistically rendered skeleton of a fish. Birth, says Acharya, can only be comprehended entirely when viewed in the context of death. All in between is the process of deterioration. In this piece, she portrays how changes in nature impact the body of living… Read more »
Through surreal Gond art, witty feminist narratives and earthy Pattachitra scrolls from our collection, we further the themes that influence Rithika Merchant’s paintings
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