Interesting exhibits at Gallery BMB

Mumbai-based Gallery BMB often presents groundbreaking exhibitions of the very best of international and Indian contemporary art. It showcases many international artists of the highest caliber who, despite critical acclaim from major prestigious institutions, have yet to be shown on this continent.

These talented international artists, along with outstanding emerging Indian artists, are part of the gallery’s exciting and dynamic program. Its holistic concept is for the gallery to be an interactive space – a cultural hub which welcomes and connects people from different walks of life with art.

In keeping with its motto, a new exhibition of Fashion Photography – 80's Retrospective, entitled ‘Fashion Face’, by Robyn Beeche revolves around images that provide a colorful insight into the aesthetics of underground London in the 1980's. Working pre-digital and pre-Photoshop, the artist's approach to fashion photography raised the stakes for all who followed her. She looked beyond the brand and the market and instead embraced creative collaboration, invention and a robust sense of humor to turn fashion photography into an art form.

On the other hand, a recent show ‘Pushpa Patha : The Flower Trail’ included works by six Bengalure (Bangalore)-based artists from various disciplines. They came together in a collaborative effort to capture the aesthetics and experiential nuances of the urban Indian flower market. The participating artists maneuvered the more complex socio-economic by-lanes of the Indian market economy. Video, photography, graphic design and painting are variously employed to make artistic inquests into the chaotic and sensorial world of Bangalore's Krishna Rajapuram (K.R.) market.

Not confined to the market space alone, the works by Alison Byrnes. Gabriel Harp. Geetanjali Sachdev. Kruti Saraiya. Saumitra Chandratreya. Smriti Mehra spoke in a myriad of visual tongues to capture the anonymous task force behind the industry, its meager economics, and this heavily trafficked world's explosive natural colours and infectious energy.