Art in Motion by Artists Ashoka Sarkar, Rekha Jaggi and Shashi Kumar Paul

Art in Motion brought together three Delhi artists Ashoka Sarkar, Rekha Jaggi and Shashi Kumar Paul each working from different perceptions of the world around them. While these artists utilized various materials and forms to represent their views on contemporary life, all three shared a commitment to the process of interacting with, interpreting, and creating from the experience of their surroundings. Through this dialog, they created pieces that were interpretations of the structures, movements and philosophies experienced in everyday life, capturing their essence with sensitivity and depth.

The preview witnessed  the guests including Chief Guest French painter Maite Delteil, Vasundhara Tewari Broota,  Artist Krishnendu Porel, Sculptor Pankaj Guru and many more graced the exhibition.

The works of Ashoka Sarkar explored how certain aspects of urban architecture remained true over time, while also conveying the stories that existed within those structures but were often unseen. The images on her canvas examined the dual nature of urban lifestyles—a bustling metropolis contrasted with the soft, silent beauty created through the interplay of sunlight and shadows. She used composition as a tool to create abstract interpretations of reality; vibrantly painted panels along with textural elements were constructed using a wide variety of colours, textures and shapes. These works revealed architectural narratives using elements such as stairs, stones, trees and rivers, expressing her artistic vision through a unique palette.

For Rekha Jaggi, urban transformation remained a focal point of her art, shaped by both living and working in Gurugram and its influence on her identity as an artist. She explored the idea of what was present and what was absent the overtly visible elements of the city, such as buildings, and those obscured by Gurugram’s changing landscape, including the people who once inhabited it. Her use of grey tones, created by mixing white and blue oils, lent her paintings a serene quality, achieved through rhythmic strokes that evoked tranquillity. Through her works, she expressed a spiritual continuum between nature, memory and the cosmos, illustrating the relationship between natural forms such as glaciers and lakes, man-made structures like bridges, and the interconnectedness of the natural world and human existence.

Movement, freedom and fluidity were the hallmarks of Shashi Kumar Paul’s sculptures, defined by strong lines and dynamic, graceful forms. His sculptures maintained a sense of balance and joy, offering instant visual pleasure and a calming presence. Paul combined fibre and bronze to create sculptures, installations and murals that demonstrated his mastery over both materials and his pursuit of expressiveness through the translation of motion into three-dimensional form.

Through their works, the three artists presented an extraordinary collection of images that chronicled the rhythms of human experience within an environment of rapid change, captured the dynamic forces of contemporary surroundings, and reaffirmed the timeless need to create art as an expression of lived experience.