Project 88

Today, we will be opening 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘩, featuring works by Claire Baker, Goutam Ghosh, Mahesh Baliga, Neha Choksi, Tejal Shah and Trupti Patel, curated by Prajna Desai, at Frieze No. 9 Cork Street, London. Doors will be open from 6-8 pm for today’s preview.

‘Their (trees) forms have cultivated in us an aesthetic sense, a feel for beauty that attunes us to their extraordinariness as entities in themselves. Enjoying them inclines us to cherish them, a fecund yet neglected loop. Little wonder this hypothesis risks revisiting the obvious: “The greatest wisdom is understanding that appreciation and conservation are two sides of the same coin.” That trees by what they inherently are act upon and enlighten us—magnets of material, movement, and mind.’

– Prajna Desai

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Mahesh Baliga
𝘛𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘮
Casein on board
30 x 22 inches
2026

Coming up this Saturday, 28 May, 5 pm, we begin a series of art talks in conjunction with our ongoing exhibition, 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦 Part 1. Joining curator Prajna for our first session, 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, are artists Claire Baker and Palvi Godambe.

‘Immersion in place, its natural surrounds, and their peculiarities requires a certain irreverence towards speed in our age of hyperdistraction. Even a latent conviction that things will eventually start to glow with significance if we pay close attention. This session looks at botanically immersive or in situ practices of observing, processing, and making, and what they entail, what they obtain. With Claire Baker and Palvi Godambe, we will consider their works as well as those by Debabrata Hazra and Robin Rawat, also on view. Joining our exploration will be historical and other contemporary instances involving biomorphic shapes that hint at the life-forms of an artist’s surroundings or draw on biome itself, where works made outdoors are also altered by the environment and fauna.’

Free entry, sign up from the link in our bio.