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For Art Mumbai, Jhaveri Contemporary brings together artists Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran and Rana Begum, who, known for their distinctive chromatic skill, use colour to spur revelation.

Central to the booth are Nithiyendran’s eccentric ceramic icons, arranged to form a contemporary shrine. Inspired by diverse and seemingly disparate religious effigies and aesthetics, his syncretic figures, whether coated in elaborate and textural glaze or left raw with flourishes of bling, exude charisma. Torsos that note Gandhara sculpture, gestural arms akin to Hindu goddesses, knots of Buddha-like hair and …