Evolution / Involution –A group exhibition by Gallery Latitude 28

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Latitude 28 opened its exhibition “Evolution / Involution”on 3rd February, 2026 - an exhibition curated by Khushboo Jain provides a platform to 17 International artists like Alexander Gorlizk, Desmond Lazaro, Jethro Buck, Nicole Frobush, Sohan Qadri and many more.

Artwork by Desmond Lazaro, Courtesy: Latitude 28

Director Bhavna Kakkar believes that the exhibition begins with the most elemental gesture, the Bindu not as a static symbol, but as a living point of possibilities. Master artists such Sohan Qadri and Prabhakar Barwe set in motion a profound visual and philosophical wave, one that reshaped how abstraction, energy and inner structure could be approached between South Asian Art.

Curator Khushboo Jain feels that these graphic notations circles, points, grids and pulsating geometries are not merely formal devices but are propositions: way of thinking, sensing and entering state of inwardness. ‘Bindu’ being the central core image not only works as a symbol but as an organizing principle: a point of origin, tension and return.

This profound turn towards inwardness was propelled by a critical realization among artists of the 1960s and 1970s. While the Bindu sits at the core structures of tantric cosmology and philosophical order, it was approached simply as an iconography, but as a mode of ‘knowing’ that translated into form through a deep, individual thought process. This translation became urgent due to encounters with dominant western modernist languages, , many of which carried a residue of colonial impositions/ hierarchies, highlighting the limits of the tantric iconography and its abstraction grounded solely in external paradigms. Movements such as Cubism, Expressionism, and Constructivism revealed the limitations of abstraction grounded purely in external form, underscoring the absence of pluralistic philosophy. Thus, the artist began to retreat deliberately, in search for structuring this very understanding that could hold both thought and sensation. Turning inward, therefore, became a way for the artistic agency to articulate concentration, return, and internal coherence through a distinctly nuanced, layered and internal conceptual framework.



Artwork by Olivia Fraser, Courtesy: Latitude 28

The exhibition is centered on 17 artists unitedly approaching the quiet wonder of Tantra-yoga abstraction. Australia based artist Shane Drinkwater explores abstraction through lines, symbols and structure. His works invite slow contemplation operating as meditative spaces rather fixed narratives. Olivia Fraser, a British artist based in India draws her practice on the techniques and philosophy of Indian miniature paintings including mixed pigments, handmade brushes and bruised surfaces, while engaging temporary concerns of interior and contemplation.

Similarly Jethro Buck, a London based artist whose practice is rooted in the discipline of Indian miniature painting, where traditional methods of hand ground pigments and meticulous mark making dream tools for contemporary reflection. Whereas Mumbai based artist Ayushi Patni constructs intricate visual terrains where biomorphic forms, portals and patterned architectures map inner emotional and psychic landscapes. Her works function as micro-mythologies, inviting viewers into layered worlds shaped by memory, intuition, and urban rhymes.

Artwork by Jethro Buck, Courtesy: Latitude 28

While anchored in South Asian visual and philosophical lineages, the exhibition remains transnational and cross-disciplinary in its outlook. It brings artists from global spheres who answer enduring questions about the relationship between Tantra and contemporary Indian art, questions that move beyond iconography toward method, discipline, and inner orientation. This creates a collective document of how Tantric philosophy and practice informed the evolution of abstraction in India.

The exhibition is on till 15th of March, 2026 at Latitude 28 Gallery, New Delhi.

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