Vida Heydari Contemporary Gallery presents What Surface Remembers featuring the work of Ravi Morya. In my practice, the surface is a living, breathing archive—absorbing, sheltering, and revealing the layered marks of history and the echoes of daily existence. Every painting is both an encounter with the outside world and an introspective journey, drawing equally from urban chaos and quiet moments of spiritual clarity.
Surfaces in my work act as both site and subject. Each canvas is a membrane that absorbs the chaos, fragments, and silent presences that shape my urban and inner worlds. Growing up in Gwalior’s historical layers and now living within Delhi’s ceaseless transformation, I witness daily how cities become palimpsests—complex accumulations of scars, repairs, and fleeting gestures. These realities are mirrored in my process: I begin instinctively, layering marks, collage, and fragments from everyday life, letting the work evolve through recursive gestures of addition and erasure.
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