Vishnupriya G’s artwork on Theyyam preparation
| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Sixteen years after it began as a platform for young artists in Hyderabad, Emerging Palettes, mooted by Srishti Art Gallery, continues to introduce art enthusiasts to some of India’s newest contemporary art voices. This year’s edition, presented by the gallery in collaboration with Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, brings together 10 emerging artists. Selected from more than 300 applications from across India, the exhibition showcases artists working with different mediums.Many artworks explore themes of memory, identity and belonging using mediums as varied as ceramics, printmaking, sculpture and sound.Curator Lakshmi Nambiar says one of the defining features of this year’s edition is the multidisciplinary nature of the artists’ practices. “Artists are becoming multidisciplinary,” she says, pointing to their work across sound, performance and sculpture without limiting themselves to a single medium. She also notes that strong applications are increasingly coming from newer art institutions across the country alongside established centres such as Baroda and Santiniketan.Near the entrance, Sai Gitanjali Poluru’s Woven Sounds — an immersive paper mache installation — invites visitors to step inside the artwork. Created as part of her ongoing research into the relationship between sound and sculpture, the work functions as a listening chamber filled with recorded sounds, generative audio and meditative frequencies.A trained sculptor and classical vocalist, Poluru sees sound as more than a tool: “Sound is a medium through which I can express myself.” Through Woven Sounds, she hopes visitors will slow down to listen and spend a few moments away from the rush of everyday life.
