CONJECTURE BY THUKRAL & TAGRA | NATURE MORTE | Sept 2 – Oct 1

Nature Morte is pleased to present Conjecture: to believe on uncertain or tentative grounds – solo exhibition of new works by the collaborative duo of Thukral & Tagra .

Their newest body of work entitled Conjecture looks at the multiple levels of uncertainty that are now our collective reality and articulates feelings of vulnerability, immediacy, imbalance, and uncertainty. New large-scale paintings depict synthetic landscapes which seem to be caught in a cataclysm: gravity is non-existent, parameters are dissolving, infinity is the given norm, and the only inhabitants are either robotic or generated from an immaterial digital realm. These planetary supports are reminiscent of table-tennis structures, implying a sense of both play and constant motion to these scenarios.

Thukral and Tagra, Coniecturas III, Oil on Canvas, 2021

For the past decade, the artists have been exploring issues such as internal migration and emigration, the nature of ephemerality, the social realities of the Indian populace, and the strategies of survival of the dispossessed. Their newest body of work entitled “Conjecture” looks at the multiple levels of uncertainty that are now our collective reality and articulates feelings of vulnerability, immediacy, imbalance, and uncertainty. New large-scale paintings depict synthetic landscapes which seem to be caught in a cataclysm: gravity is non-existent, parameters are dissolving, infinity is the given norm, and the only inhabitants are either robotic or generated from an immaterial digital realm. These planetary supports are reminiscent of table-tennis structures, implying a sense of both play and constant motion to these scenarios. The artists hope to address the urgent issues of our day:

“The viewer’s journey is precarious, as at any moment it threatens to slip or melt between the gaps of time and space. The ideas of aspirations and anxiety propel us to see the plausible future. The spaces between the matter indicate fragmented nature and the resultant instability of our morphing reality. The only silver lining to the self-drawn borders is living in the moment that forms into new ones.

But the questions persist:
What changes did you bring for yourself, your home, your behavior, at work? For society at large?”