Untitled 

Here we see Sonaly Gandhi’s ‘Untitled’ work. It presents us with a striking visual experience dominated by a grid-like pattern overlaid on human figures. The composition relies heavily on this grid, which unifies the figures and background, creating a sense of fragmented unity. The warm, reddish hues, punctuated by yellows, evoke a feeling of warmth, almost as if the figures are bathed in sunlight. The use of a grid is highly suggestive, reminiscent of modernist grids that seek to flatten and abstract the pictorial space. The grid acts as a semiotic system, imposing a structure onto the human form, suggesting a coded representation of identity. This interplay between structure and form invites us to consider how we perceive and categorize the human body. The figures, seemingly caught in moments of introspection or shielding themselves, enhance this sense of coded emotional space. The grid, which paradoxically unites and fragments, challenges fixed notions of wholeness.