Catalogue of joint exhibition held at Galleria Paolo Curti, Milan in 2008. 

'Contemporary art in India is inventive, sharp edged and at the same time lyrical. It has emerged from religious, courtly and artisanal practises embedded in everyday life of the people. In this show curated by the art historian Yashodhara Dalmia, young Indian artists draw from this ambient tradition as well as international practises to create works in diverse mediums.

In reflecting their own fast changing society, urbanization of life styles and new forms of individuality but also critiquing the politics and corruption of governance, the dirt in the corners of glittering buildings, the existence of poverty and shanty towns, contemporary art in India is macabre, cutting edge, playful and sometimes anguished. It has in skilled ways, using painterly, found and re-cycled material created new epiphanies which also echo past traditions.

In the exhibition  "India Time" six artists reveal the fast pace of change in their society as well as its seamy side. The show, consisting of three painters, a video artist, a sculptor, and a photographer underlines this Janus-faced reality where the crescendo of change in India is also accompanied by pockets of decay and degeneration. ' - extracted from Yashodhara Dalmia, Curator of the exhibition.