India-born, San Francisco-based artist Anoushka Mirchandani draws inspiration from the Apsaras—South Asian celestial beings whose name translates to “one who moves flowingly in the waters”—and reimagines these mythic figures as vessels of intergenerational movement. Using a distinctive visual language developed over the years, Mirchandani depicts female figures breaking free from built environments and domestic interiors. Translucent and introspective, they instead merge with waterfalls, flora, stones, and tree bark. As boundaries between body and landscape blur in these fluid metamorphoses, the entire exhibition becomes a multisensory experience enhanced by Mirchandani’s diaphanous silks, sculpted wooden thorns, and subtle aromas. Goes until August 23.
Fri, Jan 16, 12pm, Free
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose
