Often found in a corner, long-handled mops and brooms became salient household features during the lockdown. Taking the unconventional route, artist Aditya Shirke painted large canvases with the quotidian implements. The exhibition titled ‘Unleashing the Dark Horse’ features four pieces in an artistic collaboration with alternative maker’s space, the Karkhana, designed and owned by Studio Mars.
Through the experimental paintings, Shirke visualised and interpreted the year gone-by and the one that has begun. He explained that akin to a dark horse — which is less likely to be noticed in a match, but can emerge victorious — the year, too, is going to be a game-changer. He decided to end it with a celebratory and creative outburst.
“The past year has been dark for us all and flipping it to a dark horse, symbolises that maybe it is a contender that will lead us…
