Artist Varad Bang paints Wong Kar-wai’s iconic film, turning cinematic stillness and solitude into an immersive show in Delhi.

Varad Bang translated the film’s emotional landscape into 18 evocative paintings for his debut solo exhibition. The display is complemented by Sumant Jayakrishnan's spatial design.

For his debut solo, the artist draws from Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘In the Mood for Love’ to create an immersive show mixing art and style

The Gen Z artist’s debut solo show is an oil-on-linen tribute to Wong Kar-wai’s iconic film ‘In the Mood for Love’

If your idea of romance involves unresolved tension, beautiful lighting, and one perfectly choreographed tear rolling down a cheek, Varad Bang gets it. His debut solo exhibition, The Weight of Love, showing at Pristine Contemporary in Delhi, is a slow-burning, nostalgia-drenched, oil-on-linen love letter to Wong Kar-wai’s iconic film, In the Mood for Love. And also, possibly, to your ex.

In the quiet spaces between words and glances lies the essence of love—a theme that resonates deeply in legendary filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai’s cinema. Drawing inspiration from the auteur’s masterpiece, In the Mood for Love, artist Varad Bang’s solo debut in India translates the film’s emotional landscape into a series of 18 evocative paintings that capture the transcendental nature of love, memory, and desire.

Pristine Contemporary presents The Weight of Love, a solo exhibition of works by Varad Bang. Inspired by the internationally acclaimed film-director Wong Kar Wai’s movie, In the Mood for Love, the exhibition explores themes of love, longing, and time through the evocative canvases of Varad Bang, an expressive and introspective Indian artist whose work bridges classical techniques with contemporary narratives. Translating key scenes from the film into atmospheric paintings, Bang captures its signature slow, languid motion and deep emotional restraint.

For his solo debut in India titled The Weight of Love, Varad Bang pays homage to Wong Kar Wai’s cinematic masterpiece In The Mood for Love (2000); a film that explores the complexity of heartbreak and betrayal set against the backdrop of 1960s Hong Kong.

In The Weight of Love, gallerists Arjun Sawhney and Arjun Butani curate a deeply meditative homage to In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar Wai’s 2000 film that has long held a hallowed place in the cinematic canon. The exhibition, featuring the works of artist Varad Bang, invites audiences to revisit the quiet ache and visual poetry of the film through a series of hauntingly atmospheric paintings.

His show 'In The Land Of Dreams’ being held in Delhi’s Gallery Pristine Contemporary shows sleep not just as a state for rest but a metaphor to awaken human consciousness amidst global disorder

This artwork explores sleep as a metaphor for human consciousness amidst global turmoil

Gallery Pristine presents To Feel,  a group show of eight South Asian artists which serves as a poignant representation of one or more of the twenty-seven human emotions through a myriad of artistic mediums.

To Feel, a group exhibition by Gallery Pristine, features eight contemporary artists from South Asia. The exhibition showcases the work of Fabienne Francotte, Riyas Komu, Ayesha Dalvi, Dasha Buben, Mahnoor Salman Khan, Rifat Ara Mim, Siya Singh, and Varad Bang—artists whose diverse practices come together to explore the rich landscape of emotion, identity, and cultural reflection.

The Cult of Consciousness, a collective showcase featuring five South Asian artists, delves into the intricate relationship between art and the human psyche.

The artist discusses her artmaking and the impact that living in Sri Lanka has had on her work, in an interview with STIR.

A new contemporary art space made its way to the capital—Pristine Contemporary Gallery—with a fantastic and moving debut show by Sri Lanka-based Belgian artist, Saskia Pintelon.

'Reflections: The Mirror and The Self,' featuring globally renowned Belgian artist, Saskia Pintelon opens at Delhi’s Pristine Contemporary art gallery.

Pristine Contemporary is proud to present its debut exhibition Reflections: The Mirror and the Self, featuring a body of works by Belgian-born and Sri Lanka-based artist, Saskia Pintelon.