Virtual Art Gallery
Curated to celebrate the visionaries who redefine art, Aartingo’s Virtual Art Gallery opens with the exceptional works of Mr. Amit Ambalal. We are honoured by his trust and deeply grateful for his generosity in making this inaugural exhibition possible.
Curator’s Note:
With The Majestic Menagerie: Stories from Ambalal’s World, Aartingo proudly inaugurates its Virtual Art Gallery by celebrating the extraordinary vision of Mr. Amit Ambalal. His vibrant menagerie invites us into a world where wit, imagination, and storytelling come alive through every brushstroke. It is a privilege to present this collection, and we extend our heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Amit Ambalal for his generosity and encouragement in helping bring this exhibition to life.
The Joy Ride
In “The Joy Ride,” Amit Ambalal transforms a strange animal chase into a playful reflection on companionship and imbalance. A loose, almost weightless blue creature drapes itself over a red reptile-like form that continues moving forward with quiet determination. The painting feels humorous at first, but beneath the wit there is a sense of trust between the two figures — awkward, unstable, yet strangely connected. With its dreamlike colours and undefined space, the work captures the feeling of movement, mischief, and the absurd harmony that can exist between completely different beings.
Tale-Tail and Terror
In “Tale-Tail and Terror,” Amit Ambalal turns fear into something playful and absurd. A green tiger-headed figure balances almost casually on the tail of a large pink creature, while butterflies float around them as if unaware of the tension below. The painting feels suspended between danger and comedy — the animals appear exaggerated rather than threatening, making the “terror” in the title feel theatrical instead of real. Through distorted forms, sharp colours, and dreamlike movement, Ambalal creates a world where fear loses its power and becomes part of an imaginative performance.
Jal-Krida
In “Jal-Krida,” Amit Ambalal paints water not as a setting, but as a mood — fluid, playful, and slightly mysterious. The large blue creature seems half-submerged, half-emerging, as if drifting between imagination and reality. Small dark forms float around it like fragments of a story the viewer cannot fully grasp. Rather than showing movement directly, the painting creates the sensation of slow underwater play, where shapes blur, sounds soften, and time feels suspended. The work carries a childlike curiosity, but beneath it lies a quiet solitude, making the scene feel both joyful and strangely introspective.
Tantric-Tota
Amit Ambalal’s Tantric-Tota feels less like a painting and more like a mischievous ritual caught mid-spell: a plump green parrot, both witness and trickster, hovers beside a
human hand that seems to be dissolving into bursts of pink energy, as if language itself has exploded into color before it could form words. The parrot’s beak—bright, almost ceremonial red—leans toward a pair of delicate black blossoms, suggesting an exchange that is neither purely natural nor entirely symbolic, like a secret being offered but never spoken. The faint geometric grid caging the belly introduces a quiet tension, a reminder of order trying (and failing) to contain instinct, desire, or imagination. Rather than the usual devotional calm often associated with “tantric” imagery, this work vibrates with playful irreverence—it hints that enlightenment might not descend through discipline, but erupt unexpectedly through color, gesture, and absurd companionship
Monkeys Of The Blue God
In this work by Amit Ambalal, a cluster of blue, monkey-like figures are shown in varied, almost theatrical poses, as if being observed or studied from different angles. Their bodies are outlined in loose, expressive black lines, with washes of blue that bleed and drip into the pale background. Red accents around the faces and limbs create a sense of tension and unease, while the distorted anatomy and exaggerated gestures give each figure a distinct personality. The composition feels exploratory—like a visual meditation on form, movement, and emotion—inviting the viewer to linger on each posture as a fragment of a larger, symbolic narrative.
Monkeys Of The Blue God 2
In this painting by Amit Ambalal, the figures stretch and elongate dramatically across the canvas, dissolving the earlier sense of containment into a more fluid and restless motion. The blue bodies seem to glide, collapse, or reach outward, their limbs exaggerated into sweeping arcs that carry the eye across the surface. Dark, gestural lines and dripping paint enhance a feeling of instability, while flashes of red punctuate the composition like wounds or emotional outbursts. Compared to the first, this work feels more kinetic and unrestrained, as if the figures have moved beyond observation into a state of transformation or release.
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