FLEETING IDENTITIES,
YOUNG ARTISTS’ AWARD & EXHIBITION 2022
The MASH Young Artists Exhibition and Award 2022, Fleeting Identities, was on view from 19th September to 29th September, 2022 at Annexe Art Gallery, IIC, New Delhi.
On display were works by ten emerging artists who were shortlisted from over 400 applicants through an Open Call. The artists are Deepak Kumar, Pahul Singh, Sanayvi Naik, Sayantan Samanta, Tahsin Akhtar, Sarban Chowdhury, Sibdas Sengupta, Sabiha Dohadwala, M. Thamshangpha, and Roshan Anvekar.
This exhibition is an exploration of the one and the many, a timeless experience that touches upon variety but also speaks of unity and similitude of human existence. These artists have varying stylistic approaches, varying ideologies, all of which are, collectively, a confessional memoir begetting introspection.
Their variety of concerns, from environmental, to linguistic, to gendered as well as their nuanced and complex approach to the material, are brought to centre stage, and bind them in this language of artistic expression.
Our Knowledge Partner, KHOJ Studios also held a critique session with the ten artists on the 26th of September, 2022.
From the exhibiting artists, Sayantam Samanta was awarded 2,00,000 INR for the MASH Young Artist Award, 2022.
Whilst all the artists are from different parts of India and from diverse regions of the vast subcontinent they are cohesive in their effort to bring forth a flavour of their individual culture and identity that unites them into this voyage of self-discovery which is just as communal as it is personal.
The artworks examine the cultural histories and lived experiences of the artists, and their acts of remembering and creating memories that explore their individual and collective identities, which consequently, enables them to forge new expressions by stressing the similarities of separate but related elements.
