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The Indian (Sub)Way

In 2008 the Serpentine Gallery organized the Indian Highway. The Indian (Sub)Way highlights the ‘Indian Way’.

While the relatively stable economic situation has brought India into international focus, its weak infrastructure, glaring gaps between wealth and poverty and the failure of governance are the flip side of this progress.In this show contemporary Indian artists scan with an ironical eye, the new glittering towers and glitzy malls conjuncted with the slums, cesspools and other detritus of existence. The extreme well being and cringing deprivations now largely provide the binaries of existence.

The group exhibition curated by the art critic and curator, Yashodhara Dalmia based in New Delhi, consists of paintings, installations, photographs and digital works made by contemporary artists which articulate in a forthright manner their experiences of living in present times. The artists invent devices which hone in on the glaring contradictions of existing in a country which despite its problematics is moving ahead on a curvilinear highway.

Participating Artists: Atul Bhalla, Anita Dube, Anandjit Ray, GR Iranna, Gargi Raina, Gigi Scaria,Jagannath Panda, Manjunath Kamath, Mithu Sen, Nataraj Sharma, Probir Gupta, Ravinder Reddy, Riyas Komu, Shibu Natesan, Sudhanshu Sutar, Sujit SN, Sunoj D, TV Santhosh