Blueprint12, in collaboration with Space118 Art Foundation, presents The Shifting of Silence, a fundraising exhibition curated by Saloni Doshi, Founder of Space118 Art Foundation.
Bringing together the works of 32 emerging contemporary artists from across India, the exhibition will be on view at LTC Building, Bikaner House, New Delhi, from 30 July to 2 August 2026. Proceeds from the exhibition will support the Space118 Fine Arts Grant, which provides financial assistance, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to emerging artists across India.
At the heart of The Shifting of Silence is a reflection on the changing conditions of the contemporary world. Ideas, societies, and global narratives continue to shift at an accelerating pace. In the past year alone, we have witnessed climate upheavals, rapid urban expansion, geopolitical tensions and conflicts that have reverberated across borders, and the growing presence of artificial intelligence, forces that quietly reshape how we experience the world and one another. Even for those far from the sites of war, the weight of these events is felt through cycles of witnessing, processing, and absorbing their consequences. Amid this constant noise, art becomes a space to listen more closely: to what is changing, what is disappearing, and what quietly persists.
The artists in this exhibition turn toward the organic, toward growth, erosion, cycles, and the fragile intelligence of natural systems. The Shifting of Silence explores the subtle boundary between presence and absence, between what is spoken and what is felt. Landscapes, bodies, and materials emerge as living archives, holding memory, resilience, and transformation within their textures.
The title also gestures toward another kind of silence: the shifting silences that emerge in times of conflict and political realignment. These are not only the silences of those directly affected by war, but also of distant observers, nations, and communities negotiating uncertainty, complicity, grief, and responsibility. Silence here is neither neutral nor fixed; it carries the traces of what cannot yet be articulated and what remains unresolved.
The exhibition invites viewers to attune themselves to both the visible and the unseen, and to imagine quieter, more attentive ways of being in a world marked by profound ecological, social, and political transformation.
Participating Artists
Aman Kumar Bavariya | Anumeha Jain | Avneet Chawla | Chandrapal Panjre | Darshan Manjare | Darshini Dalwadi Patel | Durga Prasad Chaganti | Jaydev Chosala | Kashin Patel | Kaushik Charoliya | Mansie Shah | Mithun Das | Mousam Ali Khan | Neeraj Yadav | Nishant Kumar | Owanka Bhattacharjee | Prabhujot Kumar | Prithwiraj Mali | Prutha Jain | Radhika Kacha | Riddhi Vasoya | Samir Das | Saruha Kilaru | Shimran Chatterjee | Shrikant Ranga | Shruti Goyal | Somnath Sarkar | Suresh Singha | Tushar Baraiya | Utkarsh Shakya | Vipul Badva | Vrudhi Patel
Preview: 29 July 2026 | 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Exhibition Dates: 30 July – 2 August 2026 | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Venue: LTC Building, Bikaner House, New Delhi
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