MUMBAI.- Sakshi Gallery presents Studio Notes which brings a range of diverse artistic practices to the fore. Spanning both the abstract and figurative, the selection of works foreground process and materiality that remain at the core of artistic making, while reflecting on conceptual concerns from the autobiographical to the temporal.

Works by artists such as Ankush Safaya, Chetnaa and Teja Gavankar offer quiet reflections of mark-making, often employing geometry, architecture and space as a means to distill these observations. Ankush draws on extracts from texts and interweaves them with personal reflections, evoking layered memories. Chetnaa examines the landscape of cities; observations of the metropolis are then translated into an eloquent schematic of lines, markers and grids. Teja Gavankar explores the possibility of space, exploring the interplay between subjective and objective realities.

Ratna Gupta and Kim Seola approach time and transformation through different lenses. Ratna documents daily rituals, collecting materials during her strolls, and amassing remnants from both her home and studio. Kim Seola’s works, on the other hand, trace the remnants and loss of frail creatures that easily escape our recognition, while visualising the lost time and memory of the past including dust and unicellular organisms.

The autobiographical is a thread that interweaves through a number of works in this show. Rekha Rodwittiya’s feminist practice positions the female figure as a bearer of memory and narrative, shaped by personal and collective histories. In similar vein but through a different articulation, Elodie Alexandre’s, The Singing Hearts, a set of 51 ceramic pieces, are part of a long-term multifaceted investigation of the artist’s autoimmune skin condition. Moumita Basak, whose works will be on view at Sakshi for the first time, partly draws upon her experiences of growing up as a woman in rural India, reflecting on ideas of gender and identity.

The show unfolds across various modes, including painting, sculpture, drawing, and mixed media. Each work, a note from the studio, offers insight into the layered material and conceptual processes that underlie artistic practice.