In our photo essay from the exhibition ‘Organic Reverie’, we showcase some creative highlights and curator perspectives

Is the earth alive? This is a question that poets, philosophers, scientists and sociologists have been trying to find the answer to since time immemorial. In the early 1970s, chemist James E. Lovelock and biologist Lynn Margulis came up with the The Gaia Hypothesis. It theorised that the earth is a living organism that regulates and maintains all the natural processes — an entity that is greater than the sum of all of its living and nonliving aspects. If this has caught your intrigue, you must check out a visual representation of the quest in the art exhibition Organic Reverie, which has debuted in town recently at Gallery Time & Space.

“Pottery was the outlet I didn’t know I needed,” says Manisha Gopinath, talking about how a hobby eventually turned into an all-consuming passion. “What surprises me even today is that though I can’t draw, I can create 3D images. It came to me so organically, there is no way of explaining how it came about,” adds the sculptor who has been working with ceramics for the past 15 years.

Kuldeepak Soni is the third generation Pichwai artist in his family. “I learnt everything from my father and grandfather who are masters in the field,” he tells us on a phone call from Bhilwara, Rajasthan. The 33-year-old has a passion for the art form and is working hard to keep it alive for future generations. He dabbles in the traditional form of art, as well as experiments with more contemporary designs. His fans are many. His paintings are in Amitabh Bachchan 's house.

Gallery Time & Space in collaboration with ArtenBlu, presents Sadiyaan, meaning centuries. One can witness centuries of culture and labour in this show through featured folk and traditional arts like Pichwai, Pattachitra, , Gond, Mysore Traditional Art and Kalighat. The highlight of the show is presenting centuries old craft forms with a contemporary twist. Some exquisite never seen before

Women have always dominated the Art Scene in Bangalore. For over three decades, they have controlled Bangalore’s art market - a trend that sets it apart from many other art hubs in the country. Internationally, too, the art curation space has predominantly been a

Distinctive journeys An exhibition that brings together artists who represent the maturity and blooming of the Madras Art Movement Bangalore’s Gallery Time and Space is, for the first time, bringing the works of three leading artists and a sculptor who have been influenced by the Madras Movement, a significant chapter in India’s recent art history. The exhibition, which was two years in planning, will show the works of artists C. Douglas, K. Muralidharan, Rm. Palaniappan and sculptor S. Nandagopal.

Age is just a number, says 88-year-old Pune-based artist Nisreen Moochhala. “I do not feel intimidated by it.” By all accounts, Moochhala has had an interesting journey in art. Born in 1935, and schooled in Surat, Moochhala went on to complete her Diploma in Painting from the Sir J J School of Arts, Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1957. Such was her confidence in her own competence and abilities that she insisted on and secured (after a test) direct admission into the second year of the diploma course.She also completed her postgraduate study in Mural Decoration at the J J School. Fondly recalling her association with the institution, Moochhala feels that her academic drill helped in honing up her skills in portraiture, still life, anatomy studies, design and composition. Following her marriage in 1958, she moved to Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1959 to embrace the rigours and routine of domesticity and raising children

Nosy neighbours eavesdropping on a courting couple, an overcrowded general compartment, a snapped clothesline, the surprise of sudden rain. Everyday scenes from lives around us, images that register but we do not always relate to, are Nisreen Moochhala’s inspiration. Nosy neighbours eavesdropping on a courting couple, an overcrowded general compartment, a snapped clothesline, the surprise of sudden rain. Everyday scenes from lives around us, images that register but we do not always relate to, are Nisreen Moochhala’s inspiration.

India is home to more than 50 types of traditional forms of paintings. What was once thriving and prosperous, is now facing extinction because of several reasons- complexity of the work, time consuming techniques and lack of proper channels to consistently support and promote the art and the artists.

How Clyde D’Mello captures the concept of time through his art > Greek gods. Old Testament prophets. Fire and Brimstone. Time and Space. There is a recurrence of these topics in the works of visual artist Clyde D’Mello and with good reason. Most people remember that defining moment in their lives with clarity. So does visual artist Clyde D’Mello. “As a child I would frequent a bookstore near the church every week. There I picked up a book on classical art — it was the catalogue of the Prado Museum in Spain. That was my introduction to the fine arts,” says Clyde, adding that he was around 12 years old then.