UNLIKE THE many exhibitions at the Lalit Kala Akademi in Delhi that invite viewers to contemplate in quietude, its galleries recently buzzed with laughter, cheers and the occasional sigh of defeat. The reason? A playful takeover by artist duo Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra. While the work titled Assets and Liabilities nudged participants to ponder economic volatility over a game of ping-pong, where the table imbibed demonetised Indian currency notes, another work Trust and Betrayal saw them entering into a dialogue with the self through a mirror image. In Nafrat/Parvah, penning an unpleasant memory earned them a free haircut — a cathartic process, responding to the polarised times.

As visitors queued for their turn, the artist duo switched roles and became their audience — observing the un

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