In case you missed Bengaluru-based artist Alwar Balasubramaniam’s white on white show during the India Art Summit, here’s a chance to catch the ongoing exhibition at Delhi’s Talwar gallery. The exhibition (In) Between showcases 15 works ranging from fibre glass sculptures, some modelled on his own body parts to some interesting works on paper. “A significant portion of Balasubramaniam’s oeuvre includes works cast from himself, employing a thin layer of skin that separates the inside from the outside, or the seen from the hidden,” says New York based gallerist Deepak Talwar.

As you enter the gallery, you spot Outreach (in picture), a striking work on display showing a pair of hands, reaching out imploringly towards the wall. The sculpture made of fiberglass and acrylic has already been bought by the Devi Art Foundation. Meanwhile, Shadow of a shadow of a shadow is a series of boxes, their shapes cast out from the shadow of the previous box. Another remarkable work is Link— an iron wire stretching diagonally ending with a hook (that doesn’t touch the wall), thanks to the magnetic plate embedded in the wall. “The work Shadow came about when I saw sunlight falling on empty cardboard boxes,” says Bala, 39.

Kaayam, a four part installation, made of fiberglass, wood and acrylic shows four figures, cast from the artist’s own body, disintegrating slowly. But it’s in Gravity, a fantastic outline of Bala’s face gracing the false walls of the gallery that you feel that the head is caught midway, emerging from another side.

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