Between Despair and Renewal
Between despair and renewal: a charcoal self-portrait dissolving in loneliness, landscape paintings shifting toward light. Rakesh Y.M. holds both truths—isolation and resilience.
Published 31 December 2025
This has finished
- On view
- 12 December 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Times
- 10AM to 6PM (Mon to Sunday) Till March 31st, 2026
- Part of
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025–26
Where
BMS Warehouse
Event venue · Bazaar Road, Mattancherry
You’ve just missed it — take it home anyway
The 2025–26 Biennale ended on 31 March 2026. The next is expected around December 2027. We made a book of all 72 exhibits, venue by venue, with the photographs — 76 pages, 9 MB.
The charcoal self-portrait dwells in loneliness, suspended in time with blurred edges as if dissolving. The landscape paintings shift toward light and hope, expressing a gradual, resilient return.
Artists
Rakesh Y.M. (Kalamandir School of Arts, Bangalore)
Medium
Charcoal on canvas; Acrylic on paper; Acrylic on canvas
About
Rakesh Y.M. presents a body of work exploring the emotional journey between despair and renewal.
A Profile in Bleaklight is a charcoal self-portrait dwelling in loneliness—suspended in time, depicted with blurred edges as if dissolving, unreachable within surroundings.
In contrast, Gate to Infinity and Spirit of Silence shift toward light and hope. These landscape paintings employ soft colors and upward gestures, expressing a gradual, resilient return.
Together, the pieces hold dual truths: the feeling of being stuck in isolation and the quiet, persistent resilience that slowly propels us forward.