The Open Studio

Work that came to us through the open call.

Art students and recent graduates from across India sent us their work and asked us to show it. These artists have not been featured in the magazine yet. Some of them will be. Every work here is shown with the artist’s permission.

The catalogue, as a bookThe Open Studio463 original works, each with its story and a short poem. Turn the pages on your phone or computer.Open the book →
463 works
UNTITLED by Sneha ksUNTITLEDA potato begins to sprout while no one is watchingSneha ks · UNTITLED | WATERCOLOR ON PAPER | ×Ask for the priceWhere the skin ends, The land Begins by Sneha ksWhere the skin ends, The land BeginsShe bends inside a paper house where the thorns grow tooSneha ks · Mixed medium on paperAsk for the priceUntitled by Tarun ButtaUntitledHis hair turns to bark and the forest takes overTarun Butta · Egg tempera on gessoed panelAsk for the priceFeel Like a Tree by Tarun ButtaFeel Like a TreeRoots that might be limbs, limbs that might be rootsTarun Butta · Acrylic on canvasAsk for the priceEscape from Reality by Mrunmayee Chaitanya AlandkarEscape from RealityA golden figure falls from a red flower into the darkMrunmayee Chaitanya Alandkar · AcrylicAsk for the priceSamay Raina Caricature by Mrunmayee Chaitanya AlandkarSamay Raina CaricatureHis time may be bad. His grin says otherwiseMrunmayee Chaitanya Alandkar · DigitalAsk for the priceSuvarna mrug phad painting by Mrunmayee Chaitanya AlandkarSuvarna mrug phad paintingThe deer is walking calmly into the oldest trapMrunmayee Chaitanya Alandkar · Gouache — Poster paintsAsk for the priceOverthinking by Nandita BasakOverthinkingAre you not ready yet? A question every mirror seems to askNandita Basak · Gouache pasted on Nepali handmade paper and digital print out on paper and paper boxAsk for the price“Your destination” by Nandita Basak“Your destination”On the metro, every outfit is read before a word is spokenNandita Basak · - Gouache and digital prints of self photograph on paper pasted on acrylic sheetAsk for the priceFeeling relax? by Nandita BasakFeeling relax?A shopping menu that sorts bodies like stock on a shelfNandita Basak · Gouache on Nepali handmade paper, digital print out on paper and paper boxAsk for the priceWardrobe by Nandita BasakWardrobeA wardrobe laid out like evidence, joined by thin white linesNandita Basak · Gouache and Digital prints of self photograph pasted in acrylic sheet and white linerAsk for the priceBetween glances by Nandita BasakBetween glancesA train asks women to mind their dupattas. Everyone else watchesNandita Basak · Gouache and Digital prints of self photograph pasted in acrylic sheet and white lineAsk for the priceTitle- “Chronicles of Absence by Nandita BasakTitle- “Chronicles of AbsenceA face kept hidden while the screen keeps asking who she isNandita Basak · Gouache on Nepali handmade paper and Digital prints of self photographAsk for the priceInorganic organs by Nandita BasakInorganic organsA face with no eyes still feels every eye on itNandita Basak · Gouache on Nepali handmade paper and Digital prints of self photographAsk for the priceSelfie by Nandita BasakSelfieLean in and the mirror decides who you areNandita Basak · Collage — digital print out pasted on mirrorAsk for the priceCamouflage by Meghna NaikerCamouflageNew leaves learning to hide in the colour of city dustMeghna Naiker · Mixed media — This one of the work which I have made after my bachelor's and at the moment I was engaging with foliage and composition which nature have and how the way three exist in urban space, it felt like every new plant and every new leave is merging and camouflaging themselves in the city dust and how it reminds us as a passing time.Ask for the priceAakarshan by AjayAakarshanTwo deer turn their heads as thin lines cross the greenAjay · OilAsk for the priceUntitled by Prasuna AkundiUntitledRaw cotton holds love, anger and pain in redPrasuna Akundi · Textile — Raw cotton pulp, cotton threads.Ask for the pricePart of previous series by Meghna NaikerPart of previous seriesSomething old and slow grows across the paperMeghna Naiker · Mixed mediaAsk for the priceFamily by AjayFamilyA stag holds your gaze while the city glows pink behindAjay · AcrylicAsk for the priceLimelight by MohitLimelightThe light moves faster than the man it falls onMohit · PhotographyAsk for the priceSame series by Meghna NaikerSame seriesThe same small leaf, painted again until it becomes a forestMeghna Naiker · Mixed mediaAsk for the priceRevenge by AjayRevengeA painter from Delhi on what humans take from natureAjay · AcrylicAsk for the priceCycad by Meghna NaikerCycadAn old trunk bends low while new leaves still curl upwardMeghna Naiker · PrintmakingAsk for the price

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