Welcome to this first ever Gallery Espace Special Project of an artist studio within a gallery. For 7 days, artist Manjunath Kamath will draw on the walls of Gallery Espace, converting it into a temporary studio. Depending on when you come in, you will see the gallery’s white walled, two levels taken over by Kamath’s drawing.
Kamath has not prepared rough sketches, or a grid to work from. His plan is to enjoy the wide-open spaces that large white walls afford him. His work unfolds every day into something new. The studio environment reveals the underlying processes of art making. As a visitor, you are encouraged to ask questions, talk to the artist and take your time to make sense of what you see. You can also use the opportunity to learn about Manjunath Kamath’s other works. These include dramatic digital humanscapes, or poignant, quirky sculptures, for example, which have been exhibited in important fairs and exhibitions around the world.
Everything that you see here is temporary, save your own memory of this show. After a week’s viewing of the completed work’s display, the gallery will whitewash its walls, holding up a mirror to its own commercial aspect. Such action replicates the artist’s process in a studio, where a work is frequently painted over, or deleted, unavailable to the market.

(Bharati Chaturvedi)