Tomorrow is the last day to view Irum Rahat’s (@irumrahat_ ) debut solo. Thank you to all who came and enjoyed seeing this show.
The gallery will then remain closed until 23rd May, as we install our next group show, ‘She’.
What is the version of home you remember when life carries you elsewhere? And what happens when the home is unmistakably South Asian? STIR speaks to Lahore-born, London-based artist Irum Rahat discussing her solo show at the Pristine Contemporary in Delhi titled Ye Kab ki Baat Hai?
Languid everyday scenes in which rooms recur, morph and reappear are drawn from Rahat’s memory of her Lahore home and what she left behind when she moved abroad for her master’s.
“During my MA, once a white woman asked me: “Why are you painting a woman and a cat in a brown house? Who cares?” And I said: “I care, because it’s my story to tell.” There’s so much to say about European painting, what’s considered important and what can be shown in oil, but that’s exactly it. You don’t get to decide anymore what’s important. I get to decide it, because the brush is in my hand,” the artist tells STIR.
Read more: Link in bio
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Images: Courtesy of Pristine Contemporary; Irum Rahat, Rene Lazovy
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We are pleased to open our next show on the 23rd of May. Titled ‘She’, the group show is a collective of seven South Asian women artists.
We take great pleasure to introduce to you the works of Jodhpur based artist, Jahnvi Rohet (@jahnvieatsgod ) who explores the feminine body and prowess.
Featured works :
Night Song, 2026
36 x 24 inches
Soft pastel, gouache, gold leaf on wasali paper
My Comfort Remains, 2026
36 x 24 inches
Soft pastel, gouache, gold leaf on wasali paper
Material Girls, 2026
36 x 24 inches
Soft pastel, gouache, gold leaf on wasali paper
Thank you Zohra (@joharskhan ) for your words & Amit (@amit_stir ) of Stir (@stir_world ) for your constant support.
Stir features Irum Rahat’s (@irumrahat_ ) solo exhibition, Yeh Kab Ki Baat Hai? The show is on until May 16th. You can read the full interview on the Stir website.
The New Indian Express (@newindianexpress ) features our ongoing show, Yeh Kab Ki Baat Hai? A solo presentation of works by Irum Rahat (@irumrahat_ ) . The article is on print as well as in digital press. Thank you Adithi (@adithiajith ) for your words.
This special show continues for five more days, until May 16th.
We take great pleasure in announcing our next show, She.
She brings together works by Seven South Asian women artists: Afina Ashraff (@afinashraff ) , Alishba Binte Faysal (@alishbabintefaysal ), Krisha Bhuva (@krishabhuva_7 ), Jahnvi Rohet (@jahnvieatsgod ), Mays Al Moosawi (@maysalmoosawi ), Mahnoor Salman Khan (@mahnoorsalmank ) and Pem Lham (@pempoko_art ).
Spanning geographies from India - Kerala, Gujarat, Rajasthan- to Bhutan, and Oman and to the wider diaspora, ‘She’ unfolds as a quiet yet resolute meditation on the contemporary feminine condition- at once intimate and expansive. Across painting, mixed media, and material exploration, the works navigate layered terrains of identity shaped by culture, inheritance, and modernity. There are gestures of sisterhood and kinship; reflections on domestic and personal ritual; and moments where pleasure, memory, and longing converge. The exhibition equally holds space for disquiet - confronting the complexities of the female body, the weight of expectation, and the subtle violences that persist within social frameworks.
Work by Alishba Binte Faysal.
Opening May 23rd.
Ammi (Mother/Ma). Irum Rahat (@irumrahat_ ) paints her ever changing memories in her latest body of work. Her debut solo, Yeh Kab Ki Baat Hai? is currently on at the gallery, until May 16th. The gallery is open Monday-Saturday, from 11am-6pm. For enquiries; [email protected]
Select works from Irum Rahat’s (@irumrahat_ ) ongoing solo show, Yeh Kab Ki Baat Hai? The London-based artist’s first solo in India is currently on view, until May 16th.
