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TARQ was founded in 2014 by Hena Kapadia on the values of creating a meaningful conversation around art and its myriad connotations and contexts. It was envisioned as something of a laboratory - an incubator for young contemporary artists which would work towards pushing the boundaries of how contemporary art in India is exhibited and perceived. TARQ's youthful and experimental ethos encourages collectors, novice and seasoned alike, to approach art collecting through a perspective that marries thoughtfulness with an inquisitive eye for aesthetics and artistic processes. Since its conception, TARQ has endeavoured to create a robust outreach program that ties in with the gallery's exhibitions and overall raison d'être. The program is an amalgam of educational initiatives in the form of workshops, gallery walk-throughs and talks. Our intention is to engage with a diverse audience to develop an informed viewership for contemporary art in the future.

Current show:

Pillars of Fruit and Bone

Rithika Merchant

10 April to 31 May 2025

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TARQ is elated to announce the forthcoming solo exhibition 'Pillars of Fruit and Bone' by Rithika Merchant. Building on the work from her 'Terraformation' series, shown at the Eleventh Asia Pacific Triennale, the fifteen paintings in this show explore ideas of building a sustainable utopia, away from the Earth.

According to Dr. Cleo Roberts-Komireddi, who writes about the show, “Merchant’s conjuring of this beguiling world and all its minutiae is rigorous. She describes her creative immersion as an “act of self-soothing” and a way to allay her climate anxiety. As part of this process, she writes along side her painting practice, making notes on the many structures, taken from built environments of the past, from fiction and the natural world, that inform her creature’s habitats. Whilst the images she creates are ones of novelty, there is a nostalgia that weaves through this universe.”

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