Perturbed by man's incessant drive for development, 29 artists from across the globe have come together to highlight the "delicate" relationship between man and nature through artworks.
Titled, "The Lair" the show underway at The Egg Art Studio here indulges in a visual storytelling of the symbiotic relationship between the two and seeks to draw attention to the adverse consequences of human actions on environment.
"This exhibition has been a product of half a year's work to get together a truly intimate connection between man and nature through images in various mediums, from national and international artists," says Amrita Varma, Co-Founder and Curator, The Egg Art Studio.
One of the exhibited artworks by city-based artist Tapasya Gupta is a fibre-glass sculpture of a curled-up seahorse in gold and silver.
The colour scheme, which is symbolic of both the sun and the moon, attempts to emphasise on the need for maintaing a balance between different elements of nature.
"If you have to survive, you have to eat plants and animals, but you have to balance everything. It is the cycle of life and you need to maintain harmony," says Varma.
The exhibition which is set to continue till December 17, addresses issues of man's cohabitation with nature and the endangerment of wildlife species.
"It is rooted in the conversations on Indian wildlife, especially the endangered species in addition to some globally endangered species. The aim is to let people sense and experience wildlife as their own and not the other," says Varma.
Varma explains how the image, though colourful, radiates
an air of mystery, as if, "you are looking at an object that is soon to become a thing of the past."
According to her, even though the theme is one of the widely discussed issues, the exhibition tries not to complain about the problem. Instead, it seeks to find ways to tackle it.
"The divergence in this exhibition happens through the quality of artworks where instead of just lamenting the disjunct between man and environment, we look at the subtler reasons and perspectives with a light of hope to make a better world," she says.
Ghanshyam Latua from Santiniketan in West Bengal has painted what looks like the remains of an old, decaying tree trunk that is reflective of old age.
Shampa Sircar Das has created a meditative reproduction of the motif of snow-lion from the region of Leh-Ladakh in a patchy and colorful manner.
Some of the other artists participating in the show include Amartya Mukherjee (Kolkata), Ashish Kachhwaha (Kanha), Amiya Nimai Dhara (Shanti Niketan), Bipasha Sen Gupta (Delhi), Bharti Singh (Delhi), Hojat Amani (Iran), TJ (Nepal) and Ketan Amin (Vadodara) among others.
A talk by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which has partnered with Egg Art Studio for the exhibition will also be organised on November 6 to promote the cause of wildlife conservation.
