VOIR DIRE ART EXHIBITION

Rooted in an exploration of truth and perception Voir Dire—a phrase derived from old French meaning “to speak the truth” - is a legal term that refers to the process of questioning and the uncovering of hidden realities to distinguish between appearance and authenticity. 

Curated by Anupa Mehta a well known gallerist curator and author this exhibition invites viewers to examine how truth is constructed perceived revealed and shaped by differing perspectives. The exhibition which opened at Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art in Mumbai on March 13 2025 marks a shift in the gallery's programming while bringing together compelling works by some of India's best known contemporary artists including Arunkumar HG Benitha Perciyal Bose Krishnamachari Chittrovanu Mazumdar G Ravinder Reddy Riyas Komu Sudarshan Shetty and Valay Shende. 

The process of viewing allows multiple layers of truth to surface pointing towards the artwork’s inherent capacity to reveal its intent. The artworks serve as witnesses to their time and environment. Each piece engages in a form of voir dire presenting fragments of truth- sometimes vivid sometimes obscure - and invites the viewer to be a part of the discovery. The interplay between material and meaning and illusion and reality prompts deeper questions.

In the process of Voir Dire the artwork and its intent become an invitation for the viewer to reflect on the coming together of the social the political and the personal.

Host or Publisher Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art