The Designera’s second art exhibition titled Zeitgeist since its launch a few months ago is just as delightful as its first. The show includes over 50 artworks by upcoming Indian artists that highlight references across pop culture or use a pop art visual language. When mid-day met founder Amrita Deora during the gallery’s inaugural exhibition, she shared her plans for Zeitgeist. She remarks that the term perfectly fits the gallery’s theme, “Zeitgeist is synonymous with pop art; both refer to capturing the spirit of the current era. Through the works, we reference the past in a contemporary way.”

Taking us through the sculptures, paintings and technology-enabled art pieces, Deora lists a few of her favourite including one titled A Visionary by Vijay Shinde, a large acrylic on wood artwork of Vincent Van Gogh with sunglasses, the frames of which include lenticular lenses of his masterpieces like Sunflowers and Almond Blossoms that change in relation to the viewer’s position. Another piece by Shinde is a 30-inch high-fibre sculptural installation called Shifting Paradigms which includes stacked rotating cubes that are painted on all four sides. The paintings depict recognisable personalities, characters or moments in art including Mr Monopoly, Andy Warhol’s works, and the balloon dog. Viewers are encouraged to rotate the cubes that narrate art’s evolution. “Each of the four cubes depicts how a subject has been portrayed during different eras of art, so we have four sides dedicated to the portrayals of subjects like botanicals and feminine beauty,” Deora continues, “Every time the cubes are shifted around, you get a new work altogether.”