FOREWORD

Planning and collating this exhibition, the second collaboration between Saffronart and The Guild, has been a delight and an important learning experience for all of us. Following in the footsteps of our 2004 show, Generation i, it is our endeavor to once again offer a glimpse of the artists and artworks at the very forefront of India’s diverse contemporary art practices.

Each work in this exhibition offers a unique perspective on the negotiations and struggles of present-day life, across the various stages on which it plays out, from the intimate to the public, the village to the megalopolis. It has been a pleasure working with the eighteen artists who have contributed works to the show, and it gives us great satisfaction to bring these works to new audiences outside of India.

The works in this exhibition, ranging from large-scale paintings and installations to sculptures and interactive videos, will be shown at both Saffronart and The Guild in New York.

We would like to thank the staff at Saffronart and The Guild across our offices in Mumbai and New York, for all their help in putting this show and catalogue together.

Our gratitude also goes to the authors of the two essays in this catalogue, Santhosh S. and V. Divakar, both scholars and critics of the highest caliber.