The 10 artists invited for Polyphonies have been chosen with a great deal of insightful reflection. The selection was based on the different flavours and tones of their renditions, tones that helped in conjuring up myriad faces and aspects of cultural diversity of the land through a process of aesthetically communicated creativity. There is also a geographical mapping done through their works.

These post-independence Indian artists cross generations and go beyond the language of the early modernists, moving into the domain of contemporary art.
Each one of them creates work that is unique in expression and practice, yet thoroughly imbibed with the distinct spirit of ‘indianness’. Bridging the gap between the ancient and the modern, the then and the now, these artists echo the different voices that resonate the spirit of ‘India Now’.

The works of Ashim Purkayastha, Arpana Caur, Biju Joze, Baiju Parthan, Dhruva Mistry, Hema Upadhyaya, KT Shivaprasad, Rajesh Ram, Ravinder Reddy, and Suhasini Kejriwal reflect the plural spirit, the cultural diversity and the multivocality of the Asian tiger, i.e. India.

Different and differing, the artist-sculptors featured in this collection/exhibition could well find themselves described as keepers of the flame of Indian diversity. They keep the flame alive by expressing realities filtered through unique perspectives, by fusing together images to create unexpected and shattering insights, by moulding material into shapes that defy the regular, by making art that is real and fantastic, complex and elegant, of all humanity and of India - all at the same time. They achieve this end by defying conscription, by resisting the narrow inflexibilities of set definitions and by the sheer integrity of their work.

These 10 artists are the different sounds and hues of the wonder that India is. They are the diverse resonances that rise from her soil, the echoes of her enigmatic avatars. And hence, it is through their respective bodies of work that we map the polyphonic symphonies of India.