Triveni Kala Sangam is currently hosting ‘Where does the mind stop and the world begin’, a solo exhibition by artist Shruti Gupta Chandra. The show opened on March 17 at the Sridharani gallery and will remain on view till March 24.
Curated with advisory support from Ashwini Pai Bahadur, the exhibition brings together a compelling body of abstract works that trace the artist’s evolving engagement with intuition, movement and emotional response.
Drawing on the curatorial essay by Lina Vincent, the show situates Chandra’s practice within a broader philosophical and spiritual inquiry into perception and reality.
Across luminous white surfaces, forms appear to drift and dissolve—sometimes voluminous, sometimes fleeting—while lines, dots and gestural marks move in unpredictable rhythms. These compositions unfold as fields of energy,where repetition and layering create a sense of vibration, flux and quiet intensity.
Working across acrylic, oil, watercolour, pastel, pen, collage and mixed media, Chandra explores the expressive potential of each medium with sensitivity. Her practice, shaped by over four decades of engagement with both dance and visual art, reveals a deep dialogue between movement and mark-making. The works often evoke spinning figures, musical cadences and shifting spatial relationships that suggest cycles of becoming and dissolution.
Marking a significant shift in her artistic trajectory, the exhibition moves away from earlier figurative and anatomical explorations towards fluid, symbolic abstractions. Rejecting rigid structures and conventional composition, Chandra creates what may be seen as instinctive “desire paths”—organic visual routes that cut through familiar forms to arrive at new, multivalent meanings.
There is a distinct spiritual undercurrent running through the works, where reality appears to dissolve and reassemble. The paintings invite viewers into a liminal space where colour, form and line exist in a state of constant transformation—at once intimate and expansive.
When: Until March 24; 11 AM–7 PM
Where: Sridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam
