Nature Morte is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by the Delhi-based artist Aditya Pande. He has been represented by Nature Morte since 2007 and we have presented solo shows of his works in New Delhi in 2009, 2011,2014 and 2019 and collaborated with the Alexia Goethe Gallery in London for his solo show there in 2009.

In Blind Spot, Aditya Pande presents a stunning array of new work showcasing his multi-disciplinary practice. The artworks seem to exist on a number of simultaneous yet oppositional planes. They combine the playful, the grotesque, the animalistic and the formal. The works are packed with freewheeling layers of meanings and associations that take the viewer on an exhilarating journey through color, form and texture. Pande’s imagery is both alluring and cryptic. They are akin to cosmological diagrams - a space of primordial ooze. The constellations of Pande's cosmology result from spills, stains and tangles and employ a language devised of stutters, hiccups and tics. The beings of Pande's cosmos mimic aliens, insects and phantasms. We may recognize ourselves in Pande's characters — fabrications of our own imaginations, deluded by our own sensations, both welcoming and aloof.

Pande's process is rooted in drawing and the extension of line and form through various media. The artist’s technique involves constructing complex vector images digitally, then printing and then adding layers of paint, hand-applied marks and attached objects and materials. The end results are hybrids which combine drawing, painting, and collage. His stylistic oeuvre involves the integration of subject and object until one enfolds the other and both are lost in a kaleidoscope of chaotic multiplicity. They present a view that is untethered, floating somewhere between prehistoric cave paintings and speculative fantasies.

About the artist

Aditya Pande (born 1976) received a degree in Graphic Design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad in 2001. Pande’s solo exhibitions have been presented at galleries including Nature Morte, New Delhi; Aicon Gallery, New York; Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai; and Alexia Goethe Gallery, London. His work has also been exhibited in group shows at venues including the Kunstmuseum Artemons, Hellmonsodt, Austria; Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; Otto Zoo Gallery, Milan, Italy; Centro Cultural Banco do, Brazil; and Bose Pacia, New York, among many others.

Pande's process involves both the manipulation of computer-aided technologies and also more traditional media. As such, an individual work may draw on the use of media as diverse as vector drawing, digital photography, ink, tinsel and acrylic paint. Dense layering of the picture plane marks the artist’s process; this often extends right onto the acrylic covering the artwork.

This exhibition will take place in Nature Morte’s Delhi gallery space at the Dhan Mill compound, 100 Feet Rd, Chhatarpur Hills, New Delhi. The hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 11am to 7pm and the gallery is closed on Mondays.