In her latest solo exhibition, Mahananda Sagare presents a body of work that emerges from silence, repetition, and prolonged acts of looking. Her paintings inhabit the fragile threshold where observation slowly transforms into inner experience. Rather than treating nature as subject matter, Sagare approaches it as a lived companionship; something sensed through rhythm, atmosphere, and proximity.
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| Artist: Mahananda Sagare |
The exhibition moves through recurring forms that appear almost elemental: birds in flight or pause, drifting leaves, dense clusters of organic movement, shadows suspended between stillness and motion. These are not descriptive images. They function more like states of mind; fleeting presences that carry memory, solitude, tenderness, and unease all at once. Her surfaces breathe through layered textures, muted intensities, and sudden bursts of colour that feel less painted than experienced.
There is an honesty in Mahananda’s visual language. The works resist theatricality and overstatement. Instead, they build a personal space where intuition becomes structure and sensitivity becomes method. One senses an artist listening carefully to the world before attempting to translate it. This gives the paintings their quiet force.
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| Crow series Acrylic on canvas 24inch x 24inch 2025 |
Her practice also reflects an important contemporary tension: how does one remain inward and attentive in a culture addicted to noise, and visibility? Mahananda Sagare’s works answer this not through protest, but through persistence. They slow perception down. They ask the viewer to stay with an image long enough for it to reveal its emotional temperature.
The Exhibition will be inaugurated on 1st June 2026 by eminent artist Shakuntala Kulkarni.
From: 1st to 7th June 2026
“Listening to Birds”
Solo Show of Paintings
By contemporary artist Mahananda Sagare
VENUE:
Jehangir Art Gallery
Hirji Gallery
M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda,
Mumbai 400001
Timing:11am to 7pm
Contact: +91 9860290534
