This composition is an Untitled piece by Gopa Trivedi (b.1987) made from Gouache and Silver foil on Wasli. This work is inspired by a Hindi poem by Pash, the pen-name of Avtar Singh Sandhu. मैं घास हूँ (I am grass) is an anthem of dissent. In Gopa Trivedi’s painting, the gradual progress of the grass… Read more »
Gopa Trivedi is inspired by the insignificance of the mundane. Through her work she adds a sense of purpose and narrative to a setting that might seem ordinary. A lot of her work takes into account aspects such as the roles of space, time, degeneration and fragmentation in a composition. Even in this untitled painting… Read more »
Using works from our modern and contemporary art collection, we decipher terms used very often by critics and art insiders
A series of five paintings by the artist explores how apathy spreads like a stain on the consciousness of people and nations
Before you try to find it, let us clarify right away that there isn’t a common thread connecting the five artists in our Spotlight this month. The art of Bhupen Khakhar, Shakuntala Kulkarni, Manisha Gera Baswani, Dibin Thilakan and Gopa Trivedi are covered by the umbrella term ‘modern and contemporary art’ but this slightly worn… Read more »