Traversing landscapes of identity and time

An artist’s visual language is never truly finished; it fractures and matures through a lifetime of wrestling with memory and raw material. This quiet evolution anchors Becoming, the opening exhibition at Akar Prakar. Guided by Siddhi Shailendra, the collection steps back, allowing the sheer historical weight of six distinct practices to command the room naturally. The artworks spark intense conversations around fading landscapes and complicated personal histories. Debasish Mukherjee maps the emotional geography of displacement in his sweeping textile work, The Land We Carry, weaving fragmented memories directly into heavy fabric. Leang Seckon’s dense, striking collage, Who Owns the Land, physically stitches together archival photographs and cultural motifs, demanding answers from a torn environment. Moving inward, C Douglas pulls viewers into a deeply psychological, circular realm with Dream, manipulating mixed media to explore distorted forms and quiet symbolism. By refusing to trap these creators behind a rigid theme, the exhibition offers a rare sanctuary to witness how seasoned masters constantly reinvent their intricate craft over decades.