Mumbai-based Gallery XXL's first exhibition will showcase the best of street and graffiti artists
Mumbai’s newest gallery is hosting its debut exhibition in a century-old bungalow, with a 50-year timeline that highlights the works of 24 different artists
Nidhi Lodaya, Mid-Day, April 23, 2023
Housed in a 100-year-old bungalow, the exhibition takes inspiration from New York subways and post industrial cities and is the perfect setting with its chipped walls, exposed bricks and discoloured paint. Pics/Aishwarya Deodhar
A frequently offered piece of advice is to “keep the best for the last” and that’s what Mumbai’s newest art spot, Gallery XXL has also done. But we prefer to start with the last artwork we saw during our walkthrough at the Cuffe Parade gallery. Amitabh Kumar, a Bengaluru-based artist and the curator of the show Outsiders, walks us through the 8,000 sq ft exhibition, where the last room on our tour has artworks by a Kerala-based art collective called the Trespassers. What we can’t help marvel at is the fact that all six members worked on the painting at the same time.