The Fourth Wall

Event Name: The Fourth Wall
Artists: Multiple artists from Sakshi Gallery’s history including Alok Bal, Amit Ambalal, Arunkumar HG, Atul Dodiya, Chintan Upadhyay, Gargi Raina, Jayashree Chakravarty, Manjunath Kamath, Nalini Malani, Nataraj Sharma, NS Harsha, Ravinder Reddy, Rekha Rodwittiya, Riyas Komu, Sudhir Patwardhan, Sumedh Rajendran, Surendran Nair and Vivek Vilasini
Curated By: Presented by Sakshi Gallery (no individual curator listed)

If the invisible barrier between audience and art could be dismantled, The Fourth Wall symbolically invites you to step into the evolving narratives that have shaped a major chapter in Indian contemporary art. This exhibition looks back at four decades of Sakshi Gallery’s history, reflecting on how artistic practices, personalities and collaborations have transformed the gallery’s role in the national and international art scene.

The show brings together works — and archival moments — from key figures who have defined the gallery’s programme since its founding in 1986. From early experiments in painting and sculpture to more recent expansions into new media and conceptual practice, the exhibition traces the shifting vocabularies of creativity that have emerged across generations of Indian art.

The exhibition offers an opportunity to witness how artistic expression has grown alongside institutional ambition and cultural exchange. Visitors can experience not just individual works but the resonant arc of ideas, relationships and turning points that have shaped contemporary artistic dialogue in India.