An Indian art show with a difference

CONTEMPORARY art sits well with antique furniture, and an exhibition of contemporary Indian artworks will settle any doubts you might have about it.

Marie-Hélène van Houten and her husband Pieter, who met gallerist Rukshaan Krishna years ago in Mumbai, had long wanted to bring contemporary art from India to complement the colonial furniture sold at their Past Perfect Collection store. "We wanted to bring to Singaporeans a refreshing perspective on contemporary creativity through the cutting-edge artworks," Ms Van Houten says.

Mrs Krishna has brought in small- to large-sized works of seven Baroda artists. The Baroda grouping doesn't indicate the artists' geographical origins but they had all studied at one of the most progressive schools of art, Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, credited with producing some of India's best contemporary artists. The university is located in Baroda, now known as Vadodara, the third-largest city in Gujarat state.