Private Event : Counter Gaze, an exhibition of Shruti Gupta Chandra

Counter Gaze

Shruti Gupta Chandra presents canvases that unravel the complexity of urbanisation

New Delhi: Life-size canvases with strong figurative forms - whose inherent masculinity filled up the pictorial space with an overpowering sense of physicality - is what artist Shruti Gupta Chandra has been famous for. In her latest solo show titled Counter Gaze, however, she springs a surprise with a marked turn in her oeuvre.  The scale of her work remains the same – some works as large as 6 feet by 5 feet –  and so does the ideology of articulating her concern about human life within fast growing urban spaces but now this political/gender critique appears in subtle tones. To achieve this effect, she has moved away from her earlier indulgence with the homo-centric figurative language and explores a far more abstract pictorial language full of grids and staircases.

The show is being presented as the launch show of Gallery Artspeaks India and will be held at Galerie Romain Roland, Alliance Francaise from September 29 till October 6, 2011 after which it will continue at Gallery Artspeaks India, 5 Kehar Singh Estate, Lane No 2, Westend Marg, Said-ul-ajab, New Delhi from October 11 till October 31, 2011. Phones: 011 40569595/011 41684757, email: info@artspeaksindia.com, website: www.artspeaksindia.com