Imagining the ‘Anthropo-scene’

In response to coal mining and the rising toxicity of sea waters, artist and product designer Waylon D’Souza has reinvented the Azulejo tiles, a Goan heritage item, for a process-driven exhibition. In others, he has converted a washed-up Flipkart bag into a tile pattern to symbolize the consumerism of people across the globe.

Another artist, Nibha Sikander, too has been engaging with her immediate environment by creating portraits of the moths, mantises and birds that she encounters regularly at her home. After carefully documenting the insects, she would deconstruct the beautiful forms, almost in 3D relief, using paper layering.

This commitment to ecology isn’t an entirely new concept in contemporary Indian art. It has been seen in the practice of senior artists such as Arunkumar H.G., Rohini Devasher and Atul Bhalla for some time.
Imagining the ‘Anthropo-scene’

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