– Hiroe Saeki

Speculative Vistas, 2026, Curated by Pujan Gandhi

Venue: Galerie ISA, Mumbai
Dates: 9 July - 24 August, 2026

“During this month of (Shravana), the rivers meet the sea making a pleasant scene. The creepers (freshened by rains) have clung to trees. The lightning meets the clouds and shines all around. The peacocks (listening to the thundering of lightning and knowing the rains around) make happy sounds announcing the meeting of earth and sky.” — Keshavdas, excerpt from the Baramasa (The Songs of the Seasons)

The drama of the Indian Monsoon has long proved a wellspring of artistic revelation. To celebrate the spirit of a season marked by contemplation and transformation, Speculative Vistas brings together a group of international, intergenerational artists who have developed distinct methodologies to reframe our gaze, proposing novel ways to reflect on and relate to the outside world.

Hiroe Saeki (b. 1978, Osaka, Japan) ventures even further spiritually in her exploration of space, eschewing the Western Euclidean model in favor of the Buddhist notion of the void. Adopting this state of emptiness—from which all arises and dissolves—engenders a mindscape upon which the artist layers subtle cosmological associations. Beginning with comet-like wisps of graphite, she leaps to a crescent sun applied in gold leaf, all while luminous washes of multiple moons float in an iridescent sky.