We are pleased to announce a long-awaited solo exhibition of drawings by artist Chameli Ramachandran, titled Flowers Bloom, Flowers Wither Away, Flowers Bloom Again on view at our modern gallery space, D-40 Defence Colony, through mid-February 2021.
Chameli Ramachandran has always nurtured an immersive and entrancing relationship with nature, which repeatedly strikes an impulse to paint the skeletal and spiritual structures of flowers over and over again. In this latest series of flower studies, Chameli expands her symbolic vocabulary of the flower and its parts by viewing them as metaphors for life and death. She notes their sudden budding as a celebratory arrival of beauty, grace and fragrance, only to wilt shortly thereafter. As Ella Datta writes, "She dwells on this image while remembering a song by Rabindranath Tagore, which says that in spite of sorrow, death, and pangs of parting, there is also peace, joy and even eternity. For Chameli, the illness and untimely death of Anjum Singh was the cause of a deep sadness. And so, the fleeting life of a blossom surfaces in a number of her paintings.".
While the show is on view at the gallery, we're undertaking strict health, sanitisation and social distancing measures to ensure the safety of our visitors. Please write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call us at +91 11 46103550 to set up an appointment prior to your visit.

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