Exhibit 320, New Delhi, presents I insist, you reckon, a group exhibition curated by Vaidehi Gohil. The show opens on Friday, 17 April, and runs through Saturday, 30 May 2026. It brings together seven artists working across digital media, textile, paper burn, sculpture, and collage.
About the Exhibition
The exhibition takes insistence as its central idea. It asks how histories are shaped through acts of making, interpretation, and transmission — especially outside formal structures of documentation.
Curator Vaidehi Gohil writes: “The exhibition underlines that the act of making is itself an insistence, an assertion that what has been lived, felt, and inherited, carries histories beyond the written record. In turn, it invites viewers to reckon with the works: to read the symbols and motifs present in them as carriers of cultural memory.”
The works span a wide range of media. They draw on archival research, oral histories, objecthood, and social engagement. Together, they open a space where meaning is made collectively.
The Artists and Their Works
Riya Chandwani presents new works at an ambitious scale. She combines figurative and burnt paper languages. Her practice draws on inherited stories of migration during Partition — stories of displacement, longing, and tradition passed down through generations.
Dola Shikder turns to objects from her home in Bangladesh. She works with acrylic paint and image transfer on cloth. Her works think through questions of migration and belonging.
Purvai Rai uses collage and textile. In her practice, repetition becomes a mode of insistence rather than hesitation. Her work resists singular narratives. It traces what is silent and absent in the histories we are handed.
B. Pradhan builds his practice on community engagement. His new work brings together local architecture and the movement of laboring bodies through space. Oral stories translate into sculptural form.
Richa Arya also works from community engagement. Her work depicts a ceremonial fabric traditionally embroidered by women. Each stitch carries the journey of the women who made it.
Afrah Shafiq extends the exhibition into the digital realm. Her interactive game, The Bride Who Could Not Stop Crying, reanimates traditional Slavic embroidery. It turns embroidery symbols into a field of inquiry.
Yasmin Jahan Nupur works with Jamdani, a fully hand-woven textile. She embroiders words on fluid panels. Her works boldly reflect on the human condition. They highlight that textiles carry meaning far beyond material.
About the Curator
Vaidehi Gohil is a writer and curator. She holds a postgraduate degree in Art History and Aesthetics from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara. She curated The Artist As at TARQ, Mumbai (2025), and Yesterday Came Suddenly at Bikaner House, New Delhi (2024). Both shows were part of the Curatorial Fellowship awarded by Gallerie Splash, mentored by Girish Shahane. She currently works with TARQ, Mumbai.
About Exhibit 320
Exhibit 320 was established in 2010 by Rasika Kajaria. It is a New Delhi-based contemporary art gallery. The gallery showcases interdisciplinary practices from India and the subcontinent. The gallery regularly participates in leading Indian and international art fairs.
Exhibition Details
- Title: I insist, you reckon
- Curator: Vaidehi Gohil
- On view: 17 April – 30 May 2026
- Venue: Exhibit 320, F-320, Lado Sarai, New Delhi
- Timings: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Monday to Friday; Saturday by appointment
Cover Image: Richa arya | I Sew My Life Against My Own 1 | Iron Sheet Hand Cut and stitched with Brass wire | 48 x 80 inches | 2023 | Image credit: Exhibit 320
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Athmaja Biju is the Editor at Abir Pothi. She is a Translator and Writer working on Visual Culture.
