There is a flow within us that is rarely still. It moves quietly beneath everyday life—through memory, emotion, thought, and experience. We may not always notice it, but it shapes how we feel, how we respond, and ultimately, how we see the world. It is this inner movement that forms the starting point for Pravāh, a body of work by Anjali Prabhakar. Anjali’s practice has developed alongside a deep engagement with meditation and an awareness of the energy that exists within and around us. She does not approach the canvas with a finished image in mind. Often, there is simply a feeling, a colour, or an impulse that she wants to follow. The painting then becomes a way of staying with that feeling and seeing where it takes her.
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| Artist: Anjali Prabhakar |
The most interesting aspect of her process is that the artist does not try to explain an emotion through the painting, nor does she try to give it a fixed form. Instead, she allows herself to work intuitively, responding to what is happening on the canvas. She allows these discoveries to happen rather than forcing the painting towards a predetermined conclusion.
Colour is perhaps where the energy of these paintings is felt most immediately. Anjali responds to colour instinctively, allowing it to carry the mood of the moment rather than assigning it a fixed meaning. The deep reds, blues, and luminous passages that recur through the works can feel intense, warm, quiet, or expansive, sometimes within the same painting. They draw us in before we have had the chance to make sense of them. In that sense, colour becomes more than what we see—it becomes something we feel. Meditation, on the other hand, has also taught her the value of stillness. For her, stillness is not a withdrawal from the world, but a way of becoming more attentive to what is happening within. It is in this quieter state that she finds the space to notice subtle shifts in feeling and energy, and to allow them to enter the work without forcing them into words or fixed forms.
Pravāh is Sanskrit for flow or current—it is ultimately a meeting place. It is about the things we carry within us and the ways they shift with time. It is about allowing rather than controlling, and about recognising that not everything we experience needs to be explained in order to be felt.
Pravāh, therefore, is that meeting point—a space between stillness and movement, between what is felt and what can be expressed, between the inner world and the canvas.
This show will be inaugurated on 31st August 2026 at 4.30pm by Honourable Chief Guest Mrs. Nidhi Chaudhari, IAS, Director – NGMA, Mumbai
Special Guest – Dr. Kishor Ingle, Director, Directorate of Art, Maharashtra
Guests of Honor – Prof. Him Kumar Chatterjee, Vice Chancellor, Sir J.J.School of Art, Architecture & Design, Mumbai, Shri. Prayag Shukla, Art Critic, Poet, Fiction Writer, Curator, Shri. Rajendra Patil, President – The Bombay Art Society, Director - India Art Festival, Mrs. K.G. Menon, Secretary Jehangir Art Gallery, Shri. Praveen Upadhye, Artist, Founder Director, Gallery Pioneer New Delhi
Shraddha Purnaye
Art Researcher & Writer
From 31st August to 6th September 2026
“PRAVAH”
Solo Show of Paintings
By well-known artist
Anjali Prabhakar
VENUE:
Jehangir Art Gallery
M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda,
Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001
Timing: 11am to 7pm
Contact: +91 9425195496
