“Space Between” - a space that is less seen and more felt

Exhibition Review/Dr Ved Prakash Bhardwaj

The exhibition “Space Between” presents, in a compelling and nuanced manner, the idea that within every work of art there exists a space between colour and form—a space that is less seen and more felt, less visible and more experiential. This is not merely a physical emptiness but a realm of meaning, sensation, and perception, where art reveals itself in its most intimate and essential form. Space Between is presented by Matters of Art and curated by Anoop Kamath. The exhibition is opened on 4th April and will continue until 9th April 2026 at The Stainless gallery, New Delhi.

paintings by Shobha Nagar

Paintings by Dr Vikram Kumar

Painting by Ritu Kamath

Paintings by Dr Ved Prakash Bhardwaj

Sculpture by Ashish Arora

In this intermediate space, all that remains unexpressed through colour, line, and form begins to find articulation. This is the domain of the unspoken—where the artist’s sensibility and the viewer’s experience enter into a subtle dialogue. In this sense, the space is not an absence but an active presence—a field charged with possibilities of meaning.

Paintings by Somya Satsangi

The 'empty' spaces between forms and compositions on canvas or paper are never truly vacant; they hold infinite potential, just as the void is never truly empty and silence resonates with unheard echoes. What transpires within them is not immediately visible; it must be perceived through sensitivity, intuition, and inner awareness.

Dr Ved Prakash Bhardwaj with his paintings.

In poetry, the intervals between words play a crucial role in the construction of meaning—pauses, silences, and moments of stillness themselves become a form of language. A similar phenomenon occurs in visual art, as well as in theatre and music, where silence and pause carry expressive weight. Thus, the space between is not merely a structural element; it is also a powerful medium of meaning and experience. Often, it is this very space that becomes more profound and evocative than the areas that appear visibly occupied.

The works included in this exhibition—both figurative and abstract—explore and articulate these interstitial spaces in diverse and distinctive ways. Each artist, through their own sensibility and artistic vision, lends a unique dimension and interpretation to this 'space'.

Shobha Nagar’s works engage with layers of memory, filling these intervals in a way that suggests a dialogue between past and present, evoking a sense of wholeness in lived experience. Soumya Sugandhi’s paintings reflect an attempt to bridge emotional voids, where colour itself becomes a carrier of feeling.

Ritu Kamath, through her renderings of natural landscapes, especially flowers, presents visual beauty and seems to bridge the subtle gap between emotion and the material world. In Dr. Ved Prakash Bhardwaj's work, what is not said or heard in the expression resonates like an echo, suggesting that the image continues to speak even when it is silent.

Dr Vikram Kumar creates a unique space through the confluence of folk and contemporary artistic traditions, transforming cultural intervals into sites of creative energy. Ashish Arora’s sculptural works appear to bridge the distance between history and the present, where time itself becomes a medium of expression.

Sculpture by Ashish Arora

The works of Dolly Dhillon, Sangam Peshawaria, and Vandana Krishna seek to articulate that which remains unexpressed between the physical and emotional dimensions of human existence. In their practice, the 'space between' emerges as a site of complex human experience—where both word and form fall short, and yet meaning persists.

Ultimately, “Space Between” is not merely an exhibition but a proposition for a new way of seeing, understanding, and experiencing art—one that invites us to engage not only with what is visible but also with the silent, the empty, and the unseen dimensions that lie in between.