Mayur Kailash Gupta has his solo exhibition What Form Retains in New Delhi investigates balance, proportion, and metaphysical geometry through sculptural forms.
About the Exhibition
What Form Retains, presented by Bhavna Kakar at LATITUDE 28, brings together a striking body of three-dimensional and relief works by Baroda-based sculptor Mayur Kailash Gupta. The exhibition extends the lineage of Indian modernist abstraction into the present, focusing on how geometry and material intelligence shape contemporary sculptural practice.
Bronze, stone, wood, and paper pulp become dynamic fields of negotiation rather than mere mediums. Gupta treats these substances as agents of balance—each material embodying gravity, density, or organic memory. The exhibition, open in New Delhi till 20 April 2026, gathers calm power through its architectural precision and meditative stillness.
Artist Practice
Over four decades, Gupta has crafted a sculptural language defined by spatial equilibrium, axial alignment, and measured proportion. Trained at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, his artistic discipline reflects a fusion of conceptual and structural clarity. For Gupta, sculpture is not an illustration but a mode of thinking—an embodied means of exploring density and void.
His long-standing tenure teaching architecture further refines this inquiry. Each work transforms geometry into a disciplined act of containment, holding pressure without collapse. Circles, grids, and central masses recur as compositional anchors capable of sustaining internal tension.
Curatorial Vision
Bhavna Kakar, Founder-Director of LATITUDE 28, reflects on his enduring discipline:
“Mayur’s sculptures possess a rare quiet authority. In What Form Retains, geometry is not aesthetic decoration—it is a way of thinking, almost a moral position. These works remind us that form, when deeply considered, can hold memory, tension, and time.”
Her statement underscores the gallery’s commitment to presenting practices grounded in rigour and reflection rather than spectacle, reaffirming abstraction’s potential as contemplative inquiry.
Key Themes
In What Form Retains, Gupta re-engages geometry not as visual ornament but as an epistemology—a way of knowing shaped through reduction, alignment, and measure. His forms absorb tension, demanding viewers to slow down and encounter stillness. At a time when contemporary abstraction often veers toward excess, Gupta’s sculptures insist on composure and coherence.
Exhibition Details
- Title: What Form Retains
- Artist: Mayur Kailash Gupta
- Venue: LATITUDE 28, B-74, Ground Floor, Block B, Defence Colony, New Delhi
- Exhibition Dates: 18 March – 20 April 2026
- Timings: Monday to Sunday, 11 AM – 7 PM
- Representative work: Untitled (Natural Colour & Silver Foil on Wood, 10 x 14 x 5 in)
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Cover Image: Mayur Kailash Gupta | Title – Red | Medium – Natural Colour on Paper Pulp, Graphite Powder on Wood
Athmaja Biju is the Editor at Abir Pothi. She is a Translator and Writer working on Visual Culture.
