Holiday Homework exhibition in Delhi gathers 18 artists to rethink childhood, play and care through objects and participatory projects at Method.
About the Exhibition
Holiday Homework explores what childhood looks like when it is not shaped by mass production. LOAM, supported by the Ardee Foundation, asks how artists can construct environments of play instead of industries. The show foregrounds works that emphasise imagination, pedagogy, memory and care. It rejects fast, disposable design and invites a slower, tactile engagement.
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Artist Practice
Eighteen artists contribute pieces that resist standardisation and encourage open-ended play. Named artists include Harshita Sharma, Liactuallee, Mona Sharma and Vinayak Sarwankar, among others. The exhibition also features Open Call finalists such as Harman Taneja, Suvarna Jain and Totem Design Studio. These practitioners use research-driven approaches that centre the child as a cultural producer rather than a consumer.
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Curatorial Vision
LOAM frames childhood as a cultural site shaped by artists, families and schools. The curatorial brief asked artists to imagine rooms and objects that last longer and invite attention. LOAM’s approach positions children and students as active contributors: selected student projects appear alongside established artists. The initiative reframes a child’s room as “the first gallery they will ever know.”
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Key Themes
The show emphasises four linked themes: care, play, pedagogy and memory. Works encourage tactile learning and slow interaction over single-use products. Economic participation appears in the Ardee Entrepreneurship Wall, where student projects also engage with value and agency. Together, the pieces ask what we lose when toys and environments are designed solely for quick turnover.
Highlights
Holiday Homework stages collaborative and site-specific works that invite participation. Students trained by LOAM enter the discourse as practitioners through an Open Call. The show’s mix of emerging and established artists creates a conversation around childhood’s material culture. The result is an exhibition that feels both investigative and hopeful.
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Exhibition Details
Title: Holiday Homework
Artists: Harshita Sharma, Liactuallee, Mona Sharma, Vinayak Sarwankar, Ansh Kumar, Amrit Pal Singh, Sanatan Vatsayan, Aditi Mittal, Mohd. Intiyaz, Gautami Reddy; Open Call finalists include Harman Taneja, Suvarna Jain, Bharat Raj Thukral & Roshni Gera, Sahib Dang, Karishma Kapoor & Saanchi Tejwani, Totem Design Studio, Simran Singh, Tanaya Sharma, Sanjana Singh, Shreya Josh.
Venue: Method, D Block, Basement, D-59, Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024
Dates: 19 July – 23 August 2026
Time: 12 PM–7 PM daily except Mondays
Support: LOAM show supported by the Ardee Foundation
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