Author: Mehta Ashvin
Place: Ahmedabad
Publisher: Archer
Year: 2004
Pages: 96
ISBN: 81-901963-0-8
Source: Donated by Charles Correa Associates
Sub-Subject: Cityscapes
Keyword: Landscapes Architecture, Community Planning, City Planning
Classification: 711.4
Shelf: C3R3
Accession No: B279
Contents: Breaking Open The Shell of Time Random Tears in the Matrix
Abstract: Intimate Cityscapes by Ashvin Mehta offers a fresh perspective on urban life, capturing human presence through objects, reflections, and gestures rather than direct portrayals. Blurring lines between pedestrians, mannequins, and distorted images, Mehta creates surreal city scenes where everyday norms are disrupted. His focus on fleeting urban moments and the traces left behind reveals the poetic and abstract qualities of the city’s architecture and spaces. Marked by subtle humor and a sensitivity to human vanity and vulnerability, this collection departs from Mehta’s usual isolated landscapes, warmly embracing the complexity and intimacy of metropolitan reality.