Bengaluru is currently hosting a solo exhibition of works by late modernist painter Jasu Rawal at KYNKYNY Art Gallery, offering audiences a rare opportunity to engage with the artist’s quietly evocative visual language. Titled simply after the artist, the exhibition runs from 8 May to 6 June 2026 and brings together a selection of works that span Rawal’s decades-long artistic journey.
Born in Halvad, Gujarat in 1939 and trained at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Rawal later made Bengaluru the centre of his practice. Over a career extending more than fifty years, he developed a distinctive approach to abstraction marked by introspection, restraint, and lyrical sensitivity.
The exhibition foregrounds Rawal’s unique ability to create what may be described as interior landscapes. His compositions—often minimal and atmospheric—feature floating forms, delicate linear gestures, and script-like markings that seem to drift across luminous surfaces. Rather than representing the external world, these works evoke memory, sensation, and states of being, aligning with Paul Klee’s idea that art makes the invisible visible.
Colour plays a central role in the exhibition, functioning as both structure and emotion. Rich orange-reds, subdued yellows, deep blues, and soft greys are carefully balanced to create spaces that feel simultaneously intimate and expansive. Within these chromatic fields, recurring motifs—suggestive of vessels, boats, or familiar objects—appear in sparse yet resonant arrangements.
Working across acrylic, watercolour, and mixed media, Rawal maintained a consistent commitment to subtlety. His works, often left untitled, resist fixed interpretation and instead invite viewers into a contemplative engagement with form and feeling. This openness remains one of the defining qualities of his practice.
The exhibition at KYNKYNY Art Gallery not only revisits Rawal’s legacy but also situates his work within ongoing conversations around abstraction, memory, and the poetic potential of minimalism in Indian modern art.
The show is on view at KYNKYNY Art Gallery, located at 104 Embassy Square, 148 Infantry Road, Bengaluru, until 6 June 2026.
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