Untitled X - XI

Priyasri Art Gallery is pleased to present Untitled VII and Untitled VIII, two virtual exhibition series and the last edition of the Untitled series which was initiated on the onset of the lockdown in the month of May 2020 using the VR space. The VR space allowed us to collaborate, view, and experience the world in a whole new way. This Series was an opportunity to move forward amid pandemic and lockdown! We came back with new collaborations and intimate bonds with participants and the audience.

Art practices in traditional understanding has been a great moment for a shared experience between artists and their communities. While it may certainly be created in isolation, art's appreciation comes from its outreach with the wider audiences and their emotional connection with a work's potency. The exhibition explores the interaction of artists with their everyday surroundings. The visual documentation by the artists as they experience isolation reflects upon the varied effects it has had on different communities- both physically and psychologically. The inner dialogue of the artists as they act as witnesses of the ‘mundane’ provides an analysis of the morphologies of social structures that exist in society.

The exhibition represents spaces where different identities converge and unravel the narratives that are now overlooked as the ‘new normal’. In an attempt to create a dialogue regarding different artistic oeuvres, they raise questions regarding the normalized sights of social, political and economic uncertainties as well as the position of an individual which is affected by the radical shift in worldviews due to the pandemic.

Every Untitled exhibition is followed by a Webinar conducted by Nikhil Purohit, an educationist in conversation with the artists. The webinar is a glimpse into the mind, the making and the journey of the artists.