Satadru Sovan Banduri’s Solo Show in Hyderabad Focuses on Biodiversity Facing Existential Threat

Satadru Sovan Banduri’s solo show in Hyderabad focuses on biodiversity facing existential threat

Satadru Sovan Banduri's paintings at Kalakriti Art Gallery in Hyderabad depict biodiversity under threat and environmental concerns.

Peninsular India: how biodiversity changed through millions of years

Biodiversity of peninsular India — home to unique plants and animals, and a dramatic geological history — has responded differentially to geoclimatic history, with a few groups remaining unperturbed by these events while others exhibiting varying rates of speciation.

Satadru Sovan Banduri’s solo present in Hyderabad focuses on biodiversity dealing with existential risk

A peacock with a disoriented gaze, a blue poison dart frog from the Amazon struggling to breed, and migratory birds and blossoms disrupted by shifting local weather patterns — Satadru Sovan Banduri’s acrylic and gouache work, on show in Hyderabad, strike a deeply emotional chord. In his ongoing exhibition Disappearing Echoes of the Remoted at Kalakriti Artwork Gallery, the artist turns his gaze to biodiversity underneath risk. His evocative work…