‘A Shift in Void’: a group exhibition of abstracts

A group exhibition titled A Shift in Void is on view at Sameksha Gallery till May 31. Curated by Yamini Telkar, the show brings together six contemporary artists—Rashmi Khurana, Savya Jain, Prateek Gupta, Megha Madan, Aman Kumar Bavaria, and Sweeta Rai—each exploring the expressive possibilities of abstraction.

Featuring works across painting, sculpture, and mixed media, the exhibition reflects on abstraction not as a departure from figuration but as an intuitive language to articulate the inexpressible. Through varied material approaches and visual vocabularies, the artists engage with fleeting sensations, inner states, and emotional undercurrents that resist clear definition.

According to the gallery, the exhibition foregrounds abstraction as a fluid and open-ended mode of expression. Khurana’s tactile paper pulp works emphasise layered surfaces, while Jain’s compositions employ bold geometries and stark contrasts. Gupta’s acrylic-based interventions explore light as a refractive medium, and Madan’s canvases unfold through immersive colour fields and recurring geometric motifs.

Bavaria’s works draw on fragmented forms and sharp tonal contrasts, suggesting the fractured nature of thought, while Rai’s paintings focus on atmospheric transitions where colour and form dissolve into one another. Together, the works create a shared space of visual and sensory exploration.

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The curatorial framework positions the exhibition as a “shift in void”—a movement away from representational certainty towards a more experiential and interpretive engagement with art, encouraging viewers to respond through perception and feeling rather than narrative.

When: Till May 31; 11 AM to 7 PM

Where: Sameksha Gallery, Sanatan IILM Centre for Arts and Ideas, New Delhi