The urban decay does not signal the end of everything. The ruin and rubble find their afterlife in the makeshift shelters of migrants, projectiles of protest, and the watchword of Azaadi, regenerating the very promise of the city in the process.
RAM KUMAR The City, 1958 Oil on CanvasRAM KUMAR Untitled (Benaras), 1963 Oil on canvas BIKASH BHATTACHARJEE In June 19, 1976 Mixed media on paper pasted on boardGULAMMOHAMMED SHEIKH Ahmedabad: The City Gandhi Left Behind, 2015-2016 Casein and pigment on canvasASHIM PURKAYASTHA Shelter, 2019Found objects, rice paper, stone bricksASHIM PURKAYASTHA Untitled, 2019Found objects, rice paper, stone bricksANITA DUBE Stone Mountain, 2016 365 Stones, velvet, glass, aluminum