K C S Paniker: Untitled (Still-Life) - 1954 Oil on ply board 11.5 x 11.5 in.
Home Is A Place, curated by Kishore Singh, is a visual exploration of the physical space of the home, both its interior and exterior, in urban and rural settings. In a year that has brought ‘home’ to the centre stage like never before, the exhibition brings together varied interpretations of domesticity.
Home Is A Place moves across the spectrum to survey how homes shape towns, countries, civilisations and histories. Through artworks that locate a range of concerns, the exhibition seeks to answer multiple questions – Is home just a place we live in? Why is its memory so strongly etched in our minds? Why do we instinctively think back to our childhoods and the houses we lived in as children, when asked where home is? What makes the erasure of these memories so painful?
Jamini Roy: House at Jamshedpur Gouache on cardboard 13.0 x 16.0 in. National Art Treasure
The exhibition features a selection of homescapes and still-life compositions, that focus on both pastoral lives and bourgeois preoccupations, presenting a kaleidoscopic reflection of how artists imagine personal spaces and the lives within them. Along with some rare works, there is a delightful sketchbook by M. V. Dhurandhar that documents his wives over a period of four decades. The exhibition is on display at DAG, New Delhi until 10 May 2021.
Text Nikita Biswal
Date 19-04-2021