Delhi: 46 artists trace contemporary art at Travancore Palace

Veer Munshi’s *Echoes Without Borders*, an installation of a Kashmiri house marked by shrapnel, skulls and mirrored fragments, stands at the entrance to Travancore Palace. It opens Sakshi Gallery’s 40th-anniversary exhibition, *Of Being and Becoming*, with a work on home, displacement and war.

Curated by Manan Shah, the Delhi exhibition brings together 46 artists and spans the late 1980s to the present in three sections: 1980s–1999, 2000–2014, and 2014 onwards. Participating artists include Vivan Sundaram, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Nalini Malani, Rekha Rodwittiya, KG Subramanyan, Navjot Altaf, Shilpa Gupta, Thukral and Tagra.

The display places narrative and socially engaged practices alongside works that use fragments, metaphor and satire. Rekha Rodwittiya’s *In Search of My Mother’s Garden* draws on family memory and feminist concerns, while Sunil Gawde’s garland-like sculpture is made of blades. Works by Riyas Komu, Vivek Vilasini and Salik Ansari engage with procession, conflict, celebration and violence.

Travancore Palace’s arches and historic character are incorporated into the installation-led display.