Nature Morte is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new color photographs by Bharat Sikka. "The Road to Salvador do Mundo" is the title the photographer has given to a wide range of images, all shot in or near the small Goan village of the same name.
The images span a wide range of genres: landscapes, portraits, interiors and still lifes. What links all of the photographs together is both a mood and a perspective. The photographer presents the atmosphere and the inhabitants of this hamlet as characters in an on-going drama, multiple narratives are suggested but never revealed, connections are implied but always cryptic. The colors of the photographs are richly seductive, communicating the lush vegetation of the tropics but also an elaborated psychological foreboding.
Bharat Sikka was born in 1973, is based in New Delhi and holds a BFA degree from the Parsons School of Design in New York City. His photographs have appeared in a wide number of international publications including The New Yorker, Details, Time, I.D., Marie Claire (Italy) and Vogue India.
Concurrent with this exhibition will be a showing of Bharat Sikka's fashion photography at the offices of the advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy. Bharat Sikka's fashion photographs have been published in magazines all over the world and he is a frequent editorial contributor to Vogue India. His style is both humorous and dramatic, often using unconventional locations and unexpected points of view. The exhibition will be open from Monday, November 2nd to Saturday, November 28th. Gallery hours are 10am to 7pm daily, except Sunday.
Wieden+Kennedy
B10 Triveni Complex, Shaik Sarai Phase 1, New Delhi
Tel: (011) 4600 9595 / Contact: Shankar Arora - 9873 44 13 20
Wieden+Kennedy, founded in Portland, Oregon, is one of the largest independently owned advertising agencies, with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Delhi, London, New York, Portland, Shanghai and Tokyo. A full-service, creatively-led communications company, Wieden+Kennedy has helped build some of the strongest global brands, including Nike, ESPN, Starbucks, Honda, Electronic Arts, P&G and Coca-Cola. Launched in 2008, W+K Delhi is helping to define a new approach to branding in India. W+K Delhi's clients include Incredible !ndia (global campaign), Nokia, Royal Enfield Motorcycles and IndiGo Airlines.
With their exhibition space, W+K EXP, Wieden + Kennedy hope to create a context where contemporary culture in a wide variety of forms can be made more accessible to the general public.
