Through layered abstraction, the artist invites viewers into a sensory exploration of presence, memory, and quiet resilience By Smruti Bhalerao |
The Visual Arts Gallery opens its doors this week to Astitva, The Essence of Being, a solo exhibition by Gurugram-based contemporary artist Meena Yadav. On view from December 4 to 7, 2025, the exhibition presents a series of abstract works that explore the delicate yet powerful currents of identity, resilience, and emotional topography.
Rooted in an intuitive response to nature and the internal world, Meena’s practice moves beyond visual representation into a terrain of emotional resonance. Her paintings evoke shifting landscapes, not as they are seen but as they are felt mutable, layered, and alive with quiet urgency.
Each canvas offers a moment of contemplation. In The World in One Breath, gentle transitions of colour fold into one another like seasons passing in silence, creating a suspended sense of time. A Meadow in Motion uplifts through vertical movement, echoing the energy of land rising to meet light. In contrast, A Realm in Rupture introduces a charged emotional vocabulary with restless strokes, unresolved textures, and a palpable sense of fracture that speaks to survival and instinct.
Meena’s use of abstraction is not an escape but a return to what is elemental, unspoken, and enduring. Her compositions, while silent, are far from still. The textured layers and nuanced tonal shifts in each piece ask the viewer to look slowly, listen inward, and rediscover the rhythm of presence.
“The essence of being is not a fixed identity,” Meena says. “It is a field in motion shaped by memory, nature, and experience, always becoming.” This thought is felt throughout the exhibition, where each work functions as a quiet threshold into emotional space rather than narrative.
The show also highlights Meena’s ability to balance tension and harmony. In The Sky Opens Elsewhere, soft veils of blue and lilac evoke an atmosphere just beyond perception, as if gravity itself has loosened. The result is a space where boundaries dissolve and stillness becomes expansive.
Astitva does not seek to impress but to invite. In its restraint lies its strength. Through pigment, space, and texture, Meena Yadav constructs a visual language that encourages viewers to slow down and return to their own essence, not through answers but through quiet recognition.
The exhibition is on view at the Visual Arts Gallery from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM daily until December 7, 2025.
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