VA Gallery has also made room for artist Adil Writer and his range of truly intriguing sentinel pieces and secret boxes. She further adds how she is deeply fascinated by the work of ceramist Priya Sundaravalli from Au rov i l l e, who is known for her handmade creations (without using the potter’s wheel) and had gained popularity when her installation was put up at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. “In fact, all the photographs on display on the opening day (a fortnight ago) by amateurs were sold out,” shares Varuna. This eventually led to the creation of the VA Gallery in Kotturpuram where we find ourselves browsing through rooms of curious finds that include art, furniture, craft and photography. In fact, her eye for detail was so sought after that four years ago Varuna began creating a collection of her favourites and found that her customers loved the idea of choosing artifacts from her personal picks. “We have travelled far and wide to satisfy the aesthetic needs of our clients,” admits the interior designer as she talks about her trips to China, Bali, Indonesia and Italy - prelockdown, of course.
The magic of the mundane, a simple day on a construction site, the myriad moods of an ever changing sky, seascapes that permeate the senses are ‘moments in time’ that stand out in my personal perspective,” she shares, as she talks to us about her collection.Varuna along with her husband Arvind Rangan, have been running an architectural firm for the past three decades. I grew up experimenting with how best to shoot his footprints in the sand and in the process found my calling… making photographs. “Photography was handed down to me as a legacy by my grandfather. Each one has a story of its own, and some have travelled across continents carrying stories with them,” she says describing the collection of images.Ī commercial photographer who has shot with some illustrious names in film, fashion and architecture Nirali is presenting a collection of seascapes. Apart from her eclectic postage stamp collection, each item from Mrs Banoo Pestonji’s green tin trunk triggered my imagination… I photographed them, over and over again, to document and share their raw beauty, the history and geography they were a part of. It took me more than 30 years to take a proper look into it, and when I finally did, that was another great moment. “There were several moments that flashed in my mind as I went through the contents of a particular small and rusty, green tin trunk: The moment old Mr Pestonji gifted his late wife’s trunk to my father and the moment when my father handed over the trunk to me. Having showcased at Art Chennai, the Angkor Photo Festival, Focus Photography Festival, Mumbai and Magnet Galleries, Melbourne, here Ami presents Mrs Banoo Pestonji’s Collection of Fascinating Postage Stamps. The photographs here serve as an irreplicable documentation of that multiplicity resulting in abstract, textured and layered imagery,” she shares, describing her collection. They encapsulate the multiplicity that the inside, outside and liminal worlds occupy within every nanosecond.
Chennai express va windows#
Windows have the ability to frame and reflect a continuous record of their surroundings.
Chennai express va series#
The series displayed in this exhibit is an excerpt from my observational series of 35mm film photographs that specifically focus on windowscapes.
“As a photographer, I am deeply interested in the process of observation and flâneurism to me, this is an intuitive process of capturing circumstances as they are found in that moment in time. Rakshita uses a wide range of media such as print, graphic design, sound and moving image and presents a series on windowscapes.
These collections of images are special to me and have been instrumental in transforming me, my outlook on life and my visual aesthetic,” Praneeth shares. Every now and then, I’d have a friend over and we’d create these images in a space that was hardly 60 sq ft in the corner of my room. I could see more clearly in black and white. There were no intrusions - just light, shadows, and I. “A few years ago, I shot some images in monochrome that resonated well with the way my life was then. Known for his black and white portraits, Praneeth presents a personal collection of images from recent moments of isolation.
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