Sakshi Gallery

dots for a pause | Curated group show by Jasmine Shah Varma

January 9, 2025 - February 28, 2025


What brings thehrav to your life? In today’s world of constant sensation and shallow engagement, do you find time for a mindful pause?
This exhibition features artists who step away from the hurried rhythms of modern life to seek their inner stillness when making art. Rejecting machines, AI, and assistants, they embrace patience and slowness. They commit to intricate, repetitive gestures with pens, brushes, needles, and threads. Their deliberate methods shape art that is intentional, reflective, and meaningful.
In this shared stillness, the exhibition offers a counterpoint to our times, revealing insights into evolving human behaviours and the spirit of our age.
– Jasmine Shah Varma
Curator

This show is part of Mumbai Gallery Weekend 2025.

Aparajita Jain MahajanDhara MehrotraGanesh GohainIan MalhotraKim SeolaKiyomi TalaulicarManisha Gera BaswaniNandita MukherjeeNeha LavingiaPratul DashRachana BadrakiaRanjith RamanRatna GuptaRevati Sharma SinghSachin TekadeSarita ChouhanShobha Broota
Aparajita Jain Mahajan | Finding Pauses | Inherited thread, fabric, pen, ink, acrylic, paper pulp and Sanganaer paper | 32 x 30.5 Inches | 2024Aparajita Jain Mahajan | In Between | Inherited thread, fabric, pen, ink, acrylic and paper pulp | 26 x 20 Inches | 2024Aparajita Jain Mahajan | Message | Inherited thread, fabric, pen, ink, acrylic and paper pulp | 26 x 20 Inches | 2024Aparajita Jain Mahajan | Paths Unseen I | Inherited thread, fabric, pen, ink, acrylic, paper pulp and Sanganaer paper | 18 x 11 Inches | 2024Aparajita Jain Mahajan | Paths Unseen II | Inherited thread, fabric, pen, ink, acrylic, paper pulp and Sanganaer paper | 18 x 11 Inches | 2024Dhara Mehrotra | Coalesced X | Acrylic and inks on canvas | 48(Dia) Inches | 2024Dhara Mehrotra | Coalesced IX | Acrylic, inks and jute-coir on canvas | 48(Dia) Inches | 2024Dhara Mehrotra | Rhizomorphic II | Acrylic, inks and jute-coir on canvas | 48(Dia) Inches | 2024Ganesh Gohain | This is Not an Artist Table | Bronze with patina, buffing bronze and brass, canvas reels, bark of kanchan tree (ancient reels), acrylic boxes, table lamp and the space |  59(H) x 42(W) x 42(D) Inches | 2024Ganesh Gohain | Million Years Old Letter – Million Cameras – Story of Million Stars I | Gold acrylic, black canvas and silver frame | 72 x 48 Inches | 2024Ganesh Gohain | Million Years Old Letter – Million Cameras – Story of Million Stars II | Gold acrylic, black canvas and silver frame | 72 x 48 Inches | 2024Ganesh Gohain | When I See in the Mirror I See the Abstract, Million Years Old Letter IV | Gold acrylic, black canvas and silver frame | 18 x 18 Inches | 2024Ganesh Gohain | Portrait of Million Years Old Letter III | Gold acrylic, black canvas and silver frame | 18 x 18 Inches | 2024Ian Malhotra | Another Fish! | Fineliner and graphite on Somerset paper | 21.5 x 30 Inches | 2024Ian Malhotra | Distant Mountain | Fineliner and graphite on Somerset paper | 21.5 x 30 Inches | 2024Kim Seola | The shape of the soul, The tongues of leaves, From my mother’s mother | Ink on silk | 28 x 40 Inches | 2024Kim Seola | The shape of the soul, Full moons, The day the moon rises and the day it does not rise | Ink on silk | 28 x 40 Inches | 2024Kim Seola | The shape of the soul, Shadows, The family | Ink on silk | 28 x 40 Inches | 2024Kim Seola | The shape of the soul, The light around the rims of animals, The unknown ahead | Ink on silk | 28 x 40 Inches | 2024Kiyomi Talaulicar | Just as a River Flows | Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 72 Inches | 2024Kiyomi Talaulicar | Intricacies | Acrylic and collage on canvas | 36 x 36 Inches | 2024Kiyomi Talaulicar | Home | Acrylic and collage on canvas | 36 x 36 Inches | 2024Kiyomi Talaulicar | A Melody, Day and Night | Acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 Inches | 2025Kiyomi Talaulicar | Along a Simple Path | Acrylic on canvas | 24 x 24 Inches | 2025Manisha Gera Baswani | Raat Subah | Chikankari on cloth (Lightbox) (Set of 2 units) | 48 x 39.5 each Inches | 2023Manisha Gera Baswani | Feather Touch | Pin incision on paper | 78.5 x 44.5 Inches | 2021Manisha Gera Baswani | Lily Pond | Pin incision on paper | 24 x 35.5 Inches | 2024Nandita Mukherjee | Interplay 1-3 | Ink and pigment on paper (3 units) | 15 x 22 each Inches | 2024Nandita Mukherjee | Tracing Narrative in Fragments 1-8 | Ink and pigment on paper (8 units) | 12 x 12 each Inches | 2024Neha Lavingia | Flowers From a Same Tree | Watercolour on paper | 23 x 43 Inches | 2022Neha Lavingia | The Fragrance Always Stays | Watercolour on paper | 23 x 29 Inches | 2022Neha Lavingia | Treasuring the Treasure | Watercolour on paper | 23 x 29 Inches | 2022Neha Lavingia | Wandering and Wondering, Wondering and Wandering | Watercolour on paper | 40 x 60 Inches | 2024Pratul Dash | Between Dreams and Despair | Oil on canvas | 78 x 96 Inches | 2024Pratul Dash | Baazigar | Archival ink and 22 carats gold foil on Fabriano 640 gsm paper | 29.5 x 41 Inches | 2024Rachana Badrakia | The Garden of Marigold | Acrylic on linen | 48 x 72 Inches | 2024Rachana Badrakia | The Red Land | Acrylic on linen | 48 x 72 Inches | 2024Ranjith Raman | Blending the Contrasts Within | Hand embroidery, machine stitches, patch work and acrylic on cotton | 40 x 54 Inches | 2024Ranjith Raman | When Paths Cross Elsewhere | Hand embroidery, patch work, machine stitch and acrylic on cotton | 44 x 79 Inches | 2024Ratna Gupta | Fear and Desire | Gouache, dry pastel, ink, embroidery thread, fixative and archival adhesive on handmade paper | 30 x 20 Inches | 2024Ratna Gupta | The Next Day | Gouache, dry pastel, embroidery thread, fixative and archival adhesive on handmade paper | 31 x 21.5 Inches | 2024Ratna Gupta | Dreaming in a Fog (as the Blood Flows, Till It Stops) | Embroidery thread, natural pigment, graphite and archival adhesive on archival paper | 14 x 10 Inches | 2024Ratna Gupta | Sleep | Embroidery thread, natural pigment, graphite and archival adhesive on archival paper | 14 x 10 Inches | 2024Ratna Gupta | Cocoon | Found old discarded plastic, wire, thread, yarn, wool, ribbon, cord and fabric | 33 x 47 Inches | 2021Revati Sharma Singh | Threads of Light & Thought / Light Woven Continuum | Oil and acrylic on professional linen | 72 x 72 Inches | 2024Revati Sharma Singh | Verdant | Oil and acrylic on professional linen | 72 x 72 Inches | 2024Sachin Tekade | Untitled 1 | Fabriano 300 gsm paper and black paper | 45 x 33 Inches | 2024Sachin Tekade | Untitled 2 | Fabriano 300 gsm paper and black paper | 45 x 33 Inches | 2024Sachin Tekade | Untitled 3 | Fabriano 300 gsm paper and black paper | 24 x 24 Inches | 2024Sachin Tekade | Untitled 4 | Fabriano 300 gsm paper and black paper | 24 x 24 Inches | 2024Sachin Tekade | Untitled 5 | Fabriano 300 gsm paper and black paper | 24 x 24 Inches | 2024Sachin Tekade | Untitled 6 | Fabriano 300 gsm paper and black paper | 24 x 24 Inches | 2024Sarita Chouhan | Seed Series 1-10 | Thread and incision on paper (10 units) | 7.5 x 5.5 each Inches | 2024Sarita Chouhan | Untitled (Yellow 1) | Acrylic on canvas  | 36 x 36 Inches | 2024Sarita Chouhan | Untitled (Yellow 2) | Acrylic on canvas  | 36 x 36 Inches | 2024Sarita Chouhan | Untitled (Yellow 3) | Acrylic on canvas  | 36 x 36 Inches | 2024Shobha Broota | Untitled | Wool |  Variable | 2022Shobha Broota | Untitled | Oil on canvas | 36 x 36 Inches | 2024Shobha Broota | Untitled | Oil on canvas | 24 x 24 Inches | 2023Shobha Broota | Untitled | Oil on canvas | 36 x 36 Inches | 2024Display ShotDisplay ShotDisplay ShotDisplay ShotDisplay ShotDisplay Shot