Indian-American artist Joya Mukherjee Logue hosts her very first and solo art exhibition in India at the Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi. Titled, Those Who Walk Before Me, the displays reflect her artistic endeavours, which have been evolving throughout a decade along with some of her recent body of works. With almost 30 oil and water-colour paintings on display, her works revolve around her mixed cultural identity and personal curiosity about the same. It is shaped up with her frequent travels to India.
The endurance of mankind, the animism associated to culture, land and nature are recurring motifs in her artworks. In some of the recent ones the viewers can spot inspiration drawn from architecture, neighbourhood, ancestral home, bustling bazaars and more. It is through memories and experiences that the artworks take shape and weave a fantastic story for the audience.
