Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur

this is london“British Imperialism in the 19th century is a subtext of this exhibition...” There are vast fields of art and artefact in which I have scant interest and cannot even pretend a measure of curiosity — and one of these is Indian art...

Time Out“Creates hypnotic and near enlightenment-inducing results...” These painterly approximations of the Hindu 'Absolute', the eternal essence of the universe, are glorious and unapologetic precursors to all that nervous twentieth-century struggling with abstraction...

The Times“Wander along to admire some beautiful court paintings...” The palette blossoming into myriad vibrant hues, into trippy magentas and entrancing emeralds and psychotic tangerines, the spectator starts to feel as though he is on some hallucinogenic trip, entering some alternative world...

The Telegraph“Not yet reviewed”

The Observer“Not yet reviewed”

The Independent“Every bit pops and chimes...” The show is remarkable in many ways, a body of work that's startlingly beautiful, conceptually fascinating, and much of it was only recently discovered. But one painting stands out, and it indicates that those philosophers were on to something...

Scotsman“Not yet reviewed”

Guardian“It's hard not to be awed by the beauty of the miniature worlds...” From a courtly world, you're led into abstract realms of the marvellous where Brahma, god of creation, emerges from a golden lotus flower that sprouts from the navel of Narayana in a shimmering grey abstract ocean...

Financial Times“A magical and exciting show...” Here is Indian painting as you may never have seen it. Vishnu sleeps on his bed of serpents afloat on the seas of the universe – whorls of deep blue silvered in repetitive patterns, like stylised waves or giant fish-scales...

Art Forum“Not yet reviewed”