GoodHomes India – August 2019

e lovea goodbackstory.

Afterall,contextis everything,

especiallywhenit comesto

understandingart.ForMumbai

bornartistSahejRahal,these

storiesprovidetherootsfor

thesculptureshecreates.The

self-declared“nerd”is heavily

inf luencedbymythologyand

sci-fiandfindshisinspirationin

crowdfavouritemovieslike“Star

Wars”and“BladeRunner”and

authorsJorgeLuisBorgesandItalo

Calvino.“I’mdrawntothepotential

ofthesefantasticalformsinthe

mannerinwhichtheyrearrange

theworldaroundus,”hesays.

TheRachanaSansadAcademy

ofFineArt,Mumbaialumnus’first

trystwithcreativitywasdrawing.

“I’vebeenscribblingeversinceI

canremember,”heexclaims.

WHENWORLDS COLLIDE

Sahej Rahal

The31-year-oldartistandperformercallsforthotherworldly

creaturesbycraftingthemfromobjectsfoundinthisrealm

FE ATURETASNEEMMERCHANT

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— Sahej Rahal, Artist

I’m working on a project

that reimagines chalcolithic

relics at Inamgaon, a post-

Harrapan archaeological

site near Pune.

IN A NUTSHELL

Genius

22 GOODHOMES AUGUST 2019