THE BRIDGE: FROM STUDIO TO PRACTICE
A conversation with Amit Kumar Jain (Curator and Art Advisor) moderated by Shruti Mahajan (Artist)
Date: 14th May 2026
Time: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Venue: Seminar hall, Department of Fine Arts, S. N. School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad
About the Speakers:
Amit Kumar Jain - is an independent art and culture manager, curator, and advisor with expertise in museum practice, exhibitions, auctions, gallery strategy, and collection management. He has held senior roles at Museum of Art & Photography, Saffron art, The Savara Foundation for the Arts, and Devi Art Foundation. His curatorial projects include the Colombo Art Biennale, “Reading Room,” and “The Artist as Activist” at the Broad Art Museum. Jain also curated the Platform section of the India Art Fair and actively supports emerging artists across South Asia.
Shruti Mahajan - Shruti Mahajan is a visual artist and textile designer whose interdisciplinary practice engages with memory, belonging, and identity through paintings, works on paper, collages, installations, and films. Working with materials such as paper, cloth, stationery, and found objects, she creates layered narratives that reflect personal and collective histories. She has participated in residencies in India and internationally, received several prestigious grants, and exhibited widely in India and abroad.
All are welcome
I can’t light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I’m growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life
Too late to save myself from falling.
I took a chance and changed your way of life
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blind by the light.
Don’t let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself it’s always someone else I see
I’d just allow a fragment of your life
To wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me.
NALINI MALANI (B. 1946)
Father & Child
signed and dated ‘N. Malani ‘88’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
35 ½ x 23 ¾ in. (90.2 x 60.3 cm.)
1988
Song by George Michael with Elton John.
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Images:
1. Detail of 'What was there ¿' by Jaimini Jariwala. Monoprint with thread on rice paper; 76.2 × 55.9cm, 2025
2. Detail of 'Between Growth and Stillness' by Simran Yagyik . Oil on canvas; 91.5 × 122 cm, 2025
3. Detail of 'The Fractured Ground' by Anshu Kumari. Quilting and stitching on cloth; 214 × 122 cm, 2024
4. Detail of 'A Part – Apart III' by Toral Pandya. Linocut on paper; 37.8 × 37.8 cm, 2025
5. Detail of 'Together, We Ascend' by Shruti Parekh. Photograph on archival image; 29.7 × 41.9 cm, edition of 5, 2024
All images courtesy of the artist and Interspace.
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A whiskey bottle comforts me
And tells me not to cry
While a full moon says a prayer for me
I try to close my eyes.
But the night’s there to remind me
Of the guns and the early graves
The ghosts appear as I fall asleep
To sing an outlaw’s serenade.
Dyin’ ain’t much of a livin’
When you’re livin’ on the run
Dyin’ ain’t much of a livin’ for the young
Is it too late to ask for forgiveness
For the things that I have done?
Dyin’ ain’t much of a livin’ for the young.
The desert’s been a friend to me
It covers me by night
And a snakebite’s not my enemy
But it taught me how to fight.
Dying Ain’t much of a Livin’ by Jon Bon Jovi
Painting by Bireshwar Sen
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Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine.
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where’s or why’s
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb toward the light.
Strangers passing in the street
By chance, two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can?
Echoes by Pink Floyd
Artwork: Bireshwar Sen
#pinkfloyd #nomansland #echoes #bireshwarsen #collecting
Another day has gone
I’m still all alone
How could this be?
You’re not here with me
You never said goodbye
Someone tell me why
Did you have to go?
And leave my world so cold
Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away?
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
I am here with you
Though you’re far away
I am here to stay
But you are not alone
I am here with you
Though we’re far apart
You’re always in my heart
But you are not alone.
You are not Alone by Michael Jackson.
Artwork:
Michael and Bubbles by Jeff Koons
At The Broad
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It wasn’t really sad the way they said good-bye
Or maybe it just hurt so bad, she couldn’t cry
He packed his things, walked out the door and drove away
And she became the girl from yesterday.
He took a plane across the sea
To some foreign land
She stayed at home and tried so hard to understand
How someone who had been so close could be so far away
And she became the girl from yesterday.
She doesn’t know what’s right
She doesn’t know what’s wrong
She only knows the pain that comes from waiting for so long
And she doesn’t count the teardrops
That she’s cried while he’s away
Because she knows deep in her heart
That he’ll be back someday…
The light’s on in the window, she’s waiting by the phone
Talking to a memory that’s never coming home
She dreams of his returning and the things that he might say
But she’ll always be the girl from yesterday
Yeah, she’ll always be the girl from yesterday.
The Girl from Yesterday by The Eagles.
#One of my early acquisitions by Mahmud Husain
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Oh, life is bigger
It’s bigger than you, and you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I set it up
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight, losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don’t know if I can do it
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I haven’t said enough.
Losing my religion by R.E.M.
Painting by:
Dashrath Patel
Untitled
Oil on paperboard
22 x 16 in
1950s
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Hello
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now
I hear you’re feeling down
Well, I can ease the pain
And get you on your feet again.
Relax
I need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re sayin’
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I’ve got that feeling once again
I can’t explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb.
Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
Artwork:
Nalini Malani
Painting 6
Oil on canvas
46 x 36 in
1972
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Thanks for the love shown by the art fraternity, patrons and friend. A lot of you have come to see the show post 7pm and sometimes we have had to turn people back. Please note that from 9th Feb onwards, we will be open from 11am to 6pm and will be closed on Mondays and Sundays.
Please plan your visit accordingly.
Rejecting the neutrality of the white cube, the works unfold within a black cube - an abandoned nightclub becoming both site and statement
The exhibition, Party Is Elsewhere, takes its title from Sudarshan Shetty’s kinetic installation and is curated by @themiddleclasscollector and @rehasodhi
Catch it before it wraps on 28th February 2026
Location - The Radial, F block - CP (Chaayos)
Visiting Hours: Tues - Fri 11 AM - 6 PM
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