Indian Art Through the Ages.

Over the last 2000 years, Indian art has gone through multiple, irreversible transmutations, with the visual language of the subcontinent evolving with each distinct period. From the celestial forms of ancient India to everyday objects of contemporary fascination, Indian Art Through the Ages is a panorama of two thousand years of metamorphosis concentrated in one space.

Emerging from Colonial India, Raja Ravi Varma set the blueprint for the Modernists by merging neoclassical European styles of painting with Indian subjects. Ravi Varma's dichotomy between Anglo-Indian art catalysed sparks between two schools of thought. The Progressives blended European Modernism with Indian flair, while the Revivalists resuscitated traditional Indian art forms through reimagined treatments. Collectively, the two forms laid the groundwork for the experimental impulses of contemporary art, a new era defined by radical openness.

Ultimately, this exhibition is a wide-angle lens on Indian art, zooming in on detail, then pulling back to see the sweep. Therefore, it begs the question: after a two-millennia long odyssey, over time, how has Indian art reflected the country's changing identity?