Saturday Family Workshop

This family workshop explores the Abstract Expressionist side of modern Indian artist Tyeb Mehta, focusing on his powerful use of fragmented figures and unified compositions. Inspired by Mehta's iconic fractured forms, the workshop introduces the idea: figures made of parts that look broken or separated can still come together to form something strong and whole.

Inspired by Mehta’s iconic fractured forms, the workshop introduces the idea of a figure made of parts that may appear broken or separated, yet come together to form a strong whole.

Participants will work across three connected panels to create a single figure that spans multiple surfaces. Each section becomes a fragment of the larger form, encouraging participants to think about how stories, emotions, and identities can exist across different spaces while remaining connected. Through bold gestures, flat colours, and expressive movement, participants explore how unity can emerge from fragmentation.

The process emphasises collaboration, as each family member contributes to a different part of the artwork. A final unifying line brings the figure together across all panels, echoing Tyeb Mehta’s use of strong contours to hold tension, movement, and emotion within a single frame.

Audience Takeaways:

●      Explore Tyeb Mehta’s fragmented figures and Abstract Expressionist approach

●      Learn how a single image can extend across multiple panels to form one composition

●      Take home a three-panel artwork created together as a unified whole

While you’re here, we invite you to also explore KNMA’s ongoing centennial retrospective exhibition TYEB MEHTA Bearing Weight (with the lightness of being)