India, March 7 -- On the face of it, very little connects these six artists whose works are spread across Fort Kochi and its surrounding neighbourhoods, as part of the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale:

Sister Roswin aka Malu Joy is a nun. Niroj Satpathy once worked with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Dhiraj Rabha is the son of a former radical ideologue; Himanshu Jamod, the son of a labourer who stripped ships. Prabhahar Kamble does not separate his art from anti-caste critique; Kulpreet Singh sees no difference between his art practice and his socio-religious identity as a Sikh farmer.

They occupy different positions within the art world, some as yet unrepresented by galleries, some at the very start of their careers, others w...