9/2/2023 0 Comments Dear diary book illustration![]() “Copying Buddha…” is scribbled at the bottom. One page shows him lying on the ground, naked, and being ripped apart by a pack of dogs. Singh’s drawings, centering around a turbaned character - presumably Singh himself - are crude. And how many stories of mine should be put out there as viewing objects.” Gagan Singh, a 41-year-old emerging artist who studied fine arts at the Kent University of Art and Design, Canterbury, writes about his work, “It is uncomfortable to reveal some things that should remain private…it is a space I do not want another person to enter…This selection of books is a question of how much I want the consumer to consume of me at this stage. The private, says Thakurta, is very often out there in the work of artists, but some find it more difficult than others to expose themselves. On the last few pages of one of Unnikrishnan’s sketchbooks is a list of tasks - things he needed to buy before moving into his new place: “Towels and handwash for the loo”, “Floor mat and door seal for the small room”, “A bin for the big room”. What else?” The artist’s obscure sketches capture fleeting conversations and snippets of passing thoughts. Another scene has a woman at the wheel, asking a man changing her tyre, “What are friends for?” He replies, “To piss on. Unnikrishnan’s outlines are scribbles they waver and colours leak out of boundaries. A car zooms through the streets, and the driver, a bespectacled woman, turns around to say, “He let me down.” Next page: “After forty years of knowing me he let me down so badly.” In the last scene, her car zooms into the darkness. One thin, black sketchbook holds Malayali artist Nityan Unnikrishnan’s comics about a rage-filled night. The show encompasses works by artists - both students and the internationally acclaimed - such as Dinesh Abiram, Roy Varghese, and Sunandini Basu. ![]() Visitors are given a pair of latex gloves at the entrance, prompting a familiar thrill. The exhibition comprises over 90 sketchbooks, scrapbooks and photo books often, tucked into the pages are ticket stubs, boarding passes, business cards and other memorabilia - even a feather or two.
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