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Utensils to Art: Gupta's Grand Scale
24 Apr
Summary
- Giant stupas and columns from everyday items adorn NMACC.
- Exhibition spans four floors, unfolding artist's career.
- Curator aimed for a living experience responding to architecture.
Subodh Gupta's expansive exhibition, 'Ek Mutthi Aasman (A Fistful of Sky)', is currently on display at Mumbai's Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC). The exhibition spans four floors, featuring large-scale installations and significant works from the artist's career.
Visitors ascend through the Art House, where each level is designed to evoke a different act in a theatrical play. Gupta utilizes unconventional materials, transforming everyday objects like stainless-steel utensils and ceramic shards into towering sculptures, including stupas and Doric columns. A prominent Greek theatre mask, rendered in brass, is also a highlight.
Curator Clare Lilley aimed to create a "living experience" that complements NMACC's vertical architecture. The exhibition unfolds as an intimate and profound exploration of the human condition, engaging viewers with its scale and conceptual depth.
