Drawing Room: Why Harsha Durugadda loves Manish Nai’s installations

Manish Nai turns rusty metal sheets, butter paper and newsprint into textured collages. Nothing is quite what it seems

I’m fascinated with the way multidisciplinary artist Manish Nai works with materials. They are so familiar yet so unique in the way he chooses to use them.

In Manish Nai’s work, Surfacing, corrugated steel panels are layered to form textured collages. (PHOTOS: GALERIE MIRCHANDANI + STEINRUECKE)

Nai repurposes old cloth pieces to portray the depth and debris of a city.

Nai’s paintings of butter paper on natural jute show how pieces can be reused for a fresh perspective.

Manish Nai’s works invite us to reconsider the value of seemingly throwaway objects. (ANIL RANE)