Artist Rachna Toshniwal presents 'Zen and the Art of Entanglement'

Date: December 6th - 10th, 2017 Time: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Venue: Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Bajaj Bhavan, Ground Floor, 226 Nariman Point, Opp. INOX Theatre, Mumbai- 400021 Open to All Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery is playing host to Rachna Toshniwal, Asha Daga, Annuradha Toshniwal and Vidur Sodhani – a family of artists whose work will be on display at their unique show ‘Zen and the Art of Entanglement’. This truly intersectional show – combines the diverse yet complementary artistic practices of these four artists into a breath-taking whole. Using the tenets of Zen Tangle art – one that invites spontaneous expression and mingling, these artists wonderfully amalgamate and fuse together their different styles. The show truly highlights what these artists believe to be the two primary artistic impulses: nature and nurture. Natural motifs, distilled patterns, images of the lived environment, and impressions of found materials form the language of the visual text; and the familial connection of these artists. This is the underlying concept behind the show – to unite zen (the peace that comes from the creative process) with entanglement (familial bonds that hold these artists together). As a dedicated environmentalist, lead artist Rachna Toshniwal’s works display her interest in found materials. By collecting natural and other objects and using monoprinting and collage techniques, her artistic expressions capture the spontaneous, the random, and the surprising that she finds in nature. Realizing that this artistic outlook is also shared by her aunt and mother; she urged them to bring their talents together in collaboration.