About Nivas Kanhere

Event: Holding the flow letting it go

Dates: 22 Aug 2023 - 28 Aug 2023

Holding the Flow,
Letting it go.....

Nivas Kanhere's works are characterised by the forces of acceptance and negation. Yet, the acceptance is not prima facie. Indeed, the more colourful works were done mostly during the extended pandemic period, as if in an attempt to disprove the doom. These works propose an ode to the vibrancy of (once-) lived surroundings. As the city regained its radiance, Kanhere reclused to the blues and greys. The expanses of unlived spaces made their presence felt in his works. Can this be called escapist? Is abstraction an escape from the real?
'No' is the obvious answer, as binaries of real- unreal are ineffective and the two realms often coexist in all creative ventures. Though loosely concerned with his surroundings, Kanhere seems to be more attached to the paints and canvases in his studio. The hues of blue and grey led him to explore what we might call the depths.

Event: A Point & Line to Plane XIV

Dates: 29 Jun 2018 - 20 Jul 2018

This is XIV th edition of this curatorial effort that Gallery Beyond showcases every year in the monsoon. Along with a few well known icons of abstractinand some rising stars, the younger upcoming artist get to be viewed alongside this august company,. The common thread that weaves these artist together is Abstract Expressionism.