Transient Poise - Artworks by Ketaki Sheth, Navjot & others June 29, 2009

Transient Poise - Artworks by Ketaki Sheth, Navjot, Pushpamala N., Prabir Purkayastha and Prabuddha Dasgupta. Photography has the ability to capture a fleeting moment in time and allow it to be encapsulated into different contexts and spaces. By doing this, it heightens our sensitivity to how transient life is, and how susceptible our memory is to contorting experiences and emotions into seraphims or monsters. With this in mind Bodhi Art presents 'Transient Poise', a curated exhibition of works by Ketaki Sheth, Navjot, Prabir Purkayastha, Prabuddha Dasgupta and Pushpamala N. Navjot's photomontages of the Kondagaon, Loharpara and Narayanpur junctions from the Bastar district depict locals in preoccupied transit. Cycles, state transport buses, passersby move through the frames giving the viewer a sense of watching a busy street scene, while he alone stands immovable in contemplation. Forming part of an earlier 2006 photo and audio installation, the artist captures the transition from light pedestrian traffic in the early hours of the morning to heavy vehicular congestion as the day progresses. All roads lead to Kondagaon with the traveler's main focus being on getting to their destination with minimum distractions and delays. Thus united in their goal, they weave their way through the crowd leaving behind in their wake the strains of horns and bells that sound their onward journey. Ketaki Sheth touches on a topic that no Indian film buff can resist Bollywood legends captured in all their poignancy in classic black and white. Shatrughan Sinha, Dimple Kapadia and the effervescent Rekha are part of the six photographs that showcase the best of Sheth's talent. Each of these images exudes not only the timeless poise of the actors, but also moments that only one keenly acquainted with their oeuvre would have been able to frame. Pushpamala's Phantom Lady or Kismet: A photo-romance' series are also on display with images of the artist playing both Nadia and the younger femme-fatale sister. With its rich film-noir and Bollywoodesque leanings, her work stands as an interesting juxtaposition to Sheth's timeless positions. Works by Prabir Purkyastha and Prabuddha Dasgupta complete the display with a combination of peopled and unpeopled landscapes. Taken across varied landscapes, they depict transience in myriad natural shapes and forms that morph into the shadows intermittently.

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