Exhibit 320 in New Delhi has unveiled a powerful new exhibition, Where the Dust Settles, curated by Prayag Chakradhar, which runs from Saturday, 27th September to Sunday, 26th October 2025 at the gallery’s recently expanded Lado Sarai space. Featuring works by Richa Arya, Wahida Ahmed, B. Pradhan, and Mohd. Musa, the exhibition examines exile, displacement, and the enduring politics of memory.
A Cartography of Exile
Where the Dust Settles unfolds as what the curator calls a “cartography of exile,” situating migration not merely as the act of movement but as a rupture of belonging. The exhibition explores how displacement—both past and present—reshapes identities as individuals and communities navigate what the curator describes as “a prolonged condition of becoming, an unending arrival.”
Curator Prayag Chakradhar explains, “This exhibition is not an archive of sorrow, but a refusal against the violence of forgetting. These works insist on remembrance as political critique, where they confront a present where movement is policed, humanity is criminalised, and identity is reduced to digits. Yet within every rupture, there is leakage. Against walls, the body remembers, and against exile, it returns in ritual and in resonance.”
Artists and Their Mediums
The participating artists bring diverse approaches to the larger theme of migration and erasure:
- Mohd. Musa, from Mymensingh, Bangladesh, uses charcoal drawings to meditate on memory, urban desolation, and diasporic dislocation.
- Wahida Ahmed, a multimedia artist from Assam, merges folklore, weaving traditions, and contemporary techniques, situating migration within cultural memory.
- B. Pradhan presents sculptural works rooted in the lived experiences of displaced and domestic workers, asking questions of labour, identity, and survival in fragile socio-political contexts.
- Richa Arya contributes intimate yet charged works that interrogate the everyday negotiations of identity in fractured geographies.
Themes of Erasure and Resistance
The exhibition reflects on how systems of bureaucracy and statecraft enact violence through paperwork, exclusions, and the categorisation of people as “alien,” “intruder,” or “ghost.” The works draw attention to “names—once symbols of ancestry and devotion—that have become instruments of classification.” Through installations and drawings, the exhibition reclaims memory as a terrain of resistance, where “a name sung or a stitch traced becomes a quiet defiance.”
Rasika Kajaria, Founder-Director of Exhibit 320, notes, “Where the Dust Settles is a powerful and timely exhibition, it works to amplify voices and experiences that demand attention, urging audiences to confront histories of displacement while reflecting on the resilience of memory, identity, and home.”
About Exhibit 320
Founded by Rasika Kajaria in 2010, Exhibit 320 has marked fifteen years as a significant space for contemporary art in South Asia. Based in Lado Sarai, the gallery is known for its interdisciplinary and concept-driven programme, representing both senior artists like Sumakshi Singh, Devraj Dakoji, and Gopi Gajwani, and younger voices including Richa Arya, Deepak Kumar, and Deena Pindoria. The gallery has consistently participated in India Art Fair, Art Dubai, Art Basel, and Art Mumbai, while also co-founding the annual Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW).
This year also marks the gallery’s expansion into a multi-storey space, reflecting its growing role in fostering experimentation and critical inquiry within South Asian contemporary art.
Exhibition Details
Exhibition: Where the Dust Settles
Dates: Saturday, 27th September – Sunday, 26th October 2025
Venue: Exhibit 320, F-320, Lado Sarai, New Delhi
Curator: Prayag Chakradhar
Artists: Richa Arya, Wahida Ahmed, B. Pradhan, Mohd. Musa
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