New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- The title of Boshudhara Mukherjee's ongoing solo exhibition, Happenstance, at TARQ gallery in Mumbai, is a portmanteau of the words, "happening" and "circumstance". It alludes to random occurrences which, irrespective of whether they are serendipitous or unfortunate, carry the potential to profoundly inform our lives. "The artist believes that the circumstances in which her work comes to be is an organic and instinctive process," states the accompanying gallery note. This is 42-year-old Boshudhara's third solo with the gallery in 10 years. Clearly, she has outgrown the earliest phase of primarily creating shredded-and-woven canvases, as seen in the first solo at TARQ in 2016.

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