As you enter the India Habitat Centre grounds, you are greeted with a gentle breeze, vast spaces and the soft tingling music of Naresh Kapuria's musical totem pole. The chimes are fairy-like and joyous. They invite you to travel with them on their journey, to a world of nostalgia and reminiscences. You remain rooted to the ground, lost in the music of the ages. The sculpture itself is rusted and rustic, nearly deplete of any vibrant colours. But one push to the pole, the magical sounds emerge and you are left wanting for more. A curious transformation takes place within you. You become the child once more, playing with your old Bobo doll or the eternal rocking house. The music stops and you awake as though from a dream.
More gems, often unobtrusive and shying away from the glances, emerge from fountains and the corners of the institution. Their locations and the designed spaces work hand in hand, much to the delight of any urban planner or architect. The sculptures range from bronze to marble and ceramics. They tell stories about issues that are about aesthetics, life or social constructs. "Hegemony" by Ravi V(the name plate was worn so deeply that the last name could not be identified) and "Adam and Eve" by Robin David are some of the pieces worth looking at over again and again.On a day when you need to take a stroll and an urge to see good public art , go to the India Habitat Centre.
Venue: India Habitat Centre
Lodhi Road
New Delhi-110003
India
Open : Throughout the year
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