Tarini Sethi's Stainless Steel Sculpture Debuts at Frieze Sculpture in London
Artist Tarini Sethi from New Delhi has unveiled a walk-through installation titled "The Sun Bathes Its Friends and Neighbours" (2026) at Frieze Sculpture, located in London's Regent's Park, where it will be displayed until November 1. Presented by Rajiv Menon Contemporary, the installation consists of four stainless-steel panels that showcase hybrid figures. The primary element of this work is light, which casts shadows that enhance the figures' forms. Born in India in 1987 and a graduate of Pratt Institute with a BFA, Sethi incorporates Indian traditions while referencing Western modernism. She notes that dust will gather on the sculpture, connecting it to its surroundings, and emphasizes the kinetic faces featured on the screens, exploring themes of utopian futures and Indian mythology.
Key facts
- Tarini Sethi's "The Sun Bathes Its Friends and Neighbours" (2026) is on view through November 1 at Frieze Sculpture in London's Regent's Park.
- The sculpture consists of four stainless-steel panels depicting hybrid figures, presented by Rajiv Menon Contemporary.
- Light is the work's true medium, with the sun casting layered shadows that stretch the forms beyond the steel.
- Sethi was born in India in 1987 and holds a BFA in drawing from Pratt Institute, New York; she lives and works in New Delhi.
- The piece references Western modernism (László Moholy-Nagy's photograms, Robert Rauschenberg's white paintings) and Indian shadow puppetry.
- Dust and patina will settle on the surface over the exhibition, tying the sculpture to its surroundings.
- Sethi describes the work as an amalgamation of her practice, focusing on utopian futures, Indian myths, the body as infinite possibility, and the Sun as a conductor of theatre.
- Kinetic faces on each screen move with the wind, a feature not immediately noticeable.
Entities
Artists
- Tarini Sethi
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Asher Liftin
- Damien Hirst
- Alice Diop
- Zhou Xuerong
- Sable Elyse Smith
- Hannah Gottlieb-Graham
- Andrew Samuels
- Lee Krasner
- Jackson Pollock
Institutions
- Frieze Sculpture
- Rajiv Menon Contemporary
- Pratt Institute
- Claire Oliver Gallery
- The Armory Show
- Art Basel
- IFPDA
- For Freedoms
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Jungle
Locations
- New Delhi
- India
- London
- United Kingdom
- Regent's Park
- New York
- United States
- Puerto Rico