Aem Contemporary Presents Between Yesterday and Tomorrow Exhibition Curated by Vandita Misra
Between
Yesterday
and
Tomorrow,
explores
the
intersections
between
memory,
identity
and
sustenance.
Bringing
together
diverse
practices
and
evolving
trajectories
of
modern
and
contemporary
Indian
art.
The
exhibition
gains
further
depth
and
resonance
by
seamlessly
interweaving
masters–Akbar
Padamsee, Jamini
Roy,
Maqbool
Fida
Husain,
Ram
Kumar
and
Sayed
Haider
Raza;
and
contemporary
artists–K.
R
Nariman,
Neeraj
Singh
Khandka,
Priyanka
Waghela,
Rohan
&
Roshan
Anvekar,
Rahul
Mitra
and
Sonali
Laha,
further
bridging
the
gap
between
past,
present
and
future.
This
exhibition
reflects
on
past
through
memories–personal
and
collective,
putting
the
viewers
in
the
centre
of
the
exhibition
as
the
artists
engage
with
them
about
identity,
vulnerability
and
resilience.
Artists
to
attend
the
exhibition: Akbar
Padamsee,
Jamini
Roy,
Maqbool
Fida
Husain,
Ram
Kumar,
Sayed
Haider
Raza,
K.
R
Nariman,
Neeraj
Singh
Khandka,
Priyanka
Waghela,
Rahul
Mitra,
Rohan
&
Roshan
Anvekar,
Sonali
Laha.
“Art
is
a
repository
of
memory,
where
personal
and
collective
experiences
intertwine,
creating
a
dialogue
that
is
at
once
reflective
and
transformative.”
– Apinan
Poshyanda,
Modernity
and
Beyond:
Themes
in
Southeast
Asian
Art.
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Invite
for
the
exhibition
Akbar
Padamsee’s
meditative
landscapes
evoke
a
timeless
stillness,
inviting
introspection
into
the
passage
of
time
and
memory.
M.F.
Husain’s
vibrant
explorations
of
cultural
narratives
and
human
emotions
interweave
the
personal
and
the
universal,
offering
a
bridge
to
collective
heritage.
Ram
Kumar’s
abstracted,
melancholic
landscapes
speak
to
a
quiet
vulnerability
and
resilience,
reflecting
the
inner
and
outer
worlds
in
flux.
S.H.
Raza’s
iconic
Bindu
and
his
explorations
of
form
and
color
anchor
the
exhibition
in
a
spiritual
inquiry
that
transcends
temporal
boundaries.
K.
R.
Nariman’s
sculptural
explorations
highlight
the
fragile
symbiosis
between
humanity
and
the
environment,
reminding
us
of
our
shared
responsibility
to
preserve
ecological
memory.
Neeraj
Singh
Khandka’s
meditative
compositions
capture
the
dynamic
interplay
of
urban
existence
and
environmental
fragility,
presenting
layered
narratives
that
oscillate
between
chaos
and
introspection.
Rahul
Mitra’s
practice,
steeped
in
textual
and
visual
interplay,
interrogates
the
temporal
shifts
in
societal
structures
and
global
concerns,
creating
a
bridge
between
past
struggles
and
future
possibilities.
The
collaborative
works
of
Rohan
&
Roshan
Anvekar
offer
a
multidimensional
dialogue
that
connects
the
personal
with
the
universal,
questioning
the
permanence
of
identity
in
an
ever-changing
world.
Sonali
Laha’s
deeply
introspective
works
explore
the
layered
and
transient
nature
of
human
existence,
seamlessly
blending
traditional
Indian
aesthetics
with
contemporary
sensibilities,
encouraging
viewers
to
reflect
on
their
own
narratives
within
the
continuum
of
time.
As
Susan
Stewart
writes
in
On
Longing,
“Objects
mediate
experience—they
carry
the
weight
of
memory
and
emotion,
connecting
us
to
the
past
while
urging
us
to
consider
the
present.”,
the
self
reflective,
meditative
and
autobiographical
works
merge
the
internal
world
of
thoughts,
emotions
and
spirituality
with
the
narratives
presented.
Further
blurring
the
line
between
the
artist
and
the
observer.
Looking
forward,
Between
Yesterday
and
Tomorrow
also
talks
about
the
future
through
sustenance,
nurturing
and
preserving,
be
it
nature,
the
cultural
heritage
or
the
human
spirit.