As you step into the Residing Traditions Centre (LTC) gallery of Bikaner Home, you are feeling like you might be strolling above the clouds. The sky is laid out on the ground—illuminated life-size images of clouds, all captured from the highest and on the ground as an set up. That is the entry to Raihan Vadra’s exhibition of installations and pictures titled ‘Upamana’ (The comparability).
Raihan Vadra is the son of Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. That is Vadra’s third solo exhibition. His first solo exhibition was titled ‘Darkish Notion: An Exposition of Mild, Area and Time’. It was held in 2021 on the similar venue.
Raihan Vadra along with his {photograph} | Sanjay Ahlawat
Vadra began taking images when he was eight years previous. He prefers to be known as a visible and set up artist as a substitute of being known as a photographer.
Like his grandfather Rajiv Gandhi who cherished nature and wildlife, Vadra too has chosen to show his lens to wildlife. On this set up, one of many rooms shows images of leopards clicked within the jungles of Rajasthan as an set up surrounded by timber, making a pure habitat, to make it immersive. The opposite rooms have installations of images of expressions of individuals shot in studios with life-size mirrors—a really highly effective trick. One more set up is the pictures shot with crimson backgrounds of individuals from all walks of life.
Raihan Vadra along with his photographss | Sanjay Ahlawat
This exhibition is a part of a collection of 5 solo exhibits, unfold over a decade primarily based on the 5 colleges of logic in Indian philosophy (5 Pramanas). Vadra’s photographic work with evocative mirrors suggests cognitive comprehension, demonstrating that data emerges by evaluating the unknown with the identified.
Other than the solo exhibits, Vadra has additionally participated in group exhibits in numerous components of the nation. He says now he’ll take time to do two extra exhibits to finish his five-part collection.
Raihan Vadra along with his {photograph} | Sanjay Ahlawat
