In its fifth edition now, the ongoing Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW) is packing a punch with its seven-gallery collaboration and the concomitant exhibitions, walkthroughs, discussions and workshops. Galleries Blueprint 12, Exhibit 320, Gallery Espace, Latitude 28, Nature Morte, Shrine Empire and Vadehra Art Gallery have mounted the works of over 60 artists from India and abroad at the Bikaner House, New Delhi, to galvanise the contemporary art scene in the Capital.
At the Old Building of the house, writer and curator Meera Menezes has assembled a group exhibition, called Legal Alien, which borrows its title from the famous ‘Englishman in New York’ song by British musician Sting. The singer apparently said that he felt so homesick when he first moved to New York that he went from one English pub to another just to feel at home. The exhibition explores the notion of alienation through the prism of technology, existentialism and pandemic. While some artists explore the theme of migration, whether it be across countries or spaces (rural and urban), others ponder on what it means to be a citizen of a country and still feel like an alien.
