"Relations" a solo show by renowned artist Sajal Kanti Mitra
“Relations” a solo show by renowned artist Sajal Kanti Mitra will be displayed at Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai from January 13 – 19, 2026 between 11am to 7pm.
In the works of Sajal Kanti Mitra, figuration and abstraction exist in a continuous, deliberate dialogue. His paintings unfold within a threshold space where faces, bodies, and gestures momentarily emerge from layered fields of colour, only to recede again into atmosphere and rhythm. Rather than offering linear narratives, the works propose states of becoming, images held in suspension, as if caught between thought and emotion.
Mitra’s visual language is rooted in an urban consciousness, yet it is tempered by an inward, almost musical lyricism. The recurring female forms across his canvases function less as portraits and more as presences, self-contained, introspective, and quietly resonant. Their elongated physiognomies and gently fractured planes evoke relational memory, suggesting how identities are shaped through closeness, distance, and unspoken exchange rather than fixed definition.
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Colour operates here as cadence rather than embellishment. Dense reds and ochres lend gravity and corporeal weight, while blues and greens open into contemplative, meditative intervals. The worked surfaces scraped, layered, and reassembled, retain traces of process, allowing the act of painting itself to register as an attentive, almost listening gesture.
Seen together, the exhibition reads as a sustained meditation on rhythm: of bodies, emotions, and lived urban experience filtered through personal mythology. Mitra does not seek resolution; instead, he holds form at the edge of recognition, inviting the viewer into a quiet, continuous encounter.
Sushma Sabnis
Mumbai