At Nero Art Hub in New Delhi, silence reverberates in unexpected ways. The ongoing group exhibition Between Skin & Silence (on view from February 4 to March 7, 2026) brings together four contemporary artists, Anamika, Lorraine Thiria, Naman, and Sophie Muret, whose paintings and photographs delve into the intimate terrain between visibility and vulnerability.
Curated by Ranbir Rathi, the exhibition unfolds like a meditation on what lies beneath the surface, where emotion and memory take on physical form. “Curating Between Skin and Silence has been an exercise in listening—to quiet gestures, restrained marks, and the spaces between expression and restraint,” notes Rathi. The works, he adds, “invite viewers not to look louder, but to look closer.”
At the heart of the exhibition are the striking photographic practices of Lorraine Thiria and Sophie Muret. Thiria’s abstract photographs blur the boundary between reality and imagination, dissolving the familiar into rhythmic layers of light and texture.
By contrast, Muret’s monochrome self-portraits confront the self with raw honesty. In her images, the body is neither an object of spectacle nor concealment. It becomes a site of introspection endurance. Rendered in black and white, her works exude both fragility and resolve, stretching the viewer’s gaze towards stillness.
Extending this visual dialogue are Naman’s figurative paintings and Anamika’s abstractions. Naman’s works explore the charged physicality of the human form—its weight, its silences, and its hidden emotional registers. Meanwhile, Anamika’s layered canvases, driven by movement, texture, and shifting hues evoke the mutability of feeling itself.
Between Skin & Silence encapsulates Nero Art Hub’s larger mission of creating a progressive and inclusive platform for contemporary and affordable art. Founded in 2018, the space has sought to dissolve traditional hierarchies between artist and audience. “Art,” the gallery’s profile notes, “has always been a source of joy, insight, and connection—for anyone willing to feel.”
Cover image: Sophie Muret| Watch, Ed 5/10 | Fine Art Photograph Printed on Handmade 100% Cotton Paper | 2019
Athmaja Biju is the Editor at Abir Pothi. She is a Translator and Writer working on Visual Culture.
