Curated by Jamila Adel
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Preview: 18.00 - 21.00, Thursday 10 July
Dates: 10 July - 23 August 2025
Venue: Galerie Isa
Kamani Chambers, Ground Floor, Ramji Kamani Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai 400 038

Galerie ISA is proud to present a Summer group show titled ‘Surface, Time, Memory, Illusion’,
Curated by Jamila Adeli. The show spotlights the work of a diverse roster of artists from India and across the world.

Known for their abstractions of form and a proclivity for minimalism, these artists represent a multiplicity in practice, dimensionality and theory. But running through their works are common
threads—-an exploration of materiality, the tension within liminal spaces, a spotlight on the cycle of nature and a challenge to engage and explore beyond just the surface.
These artists use material tension and heightened surface textures to bring into focus a play of light, palette and the whimsy of illusion.

Hiroe Saeki’s (b. 1978, Osaka Japan) narrative-focused, delicate works also reference nature and its mysteries. Using dripping Japanese ink and the pencil, her monochromatic works represent the cycle of life, a renewed understanding of self, and her journey through an existential crisis.

While these artists are moulding classic disciplines and traditions in very individual ways, a shared commitment to provocation is what unites them. Through elements of mark-making, repetition and material tension, they open up a space for deep contemplation, a challenge to see beyond, and to view and interpret these works on an intensely personal level.

− Priyanka R. Khanna