Finding a sustainable travel paradise in India’s most populous city, Mumbai, equals discovering eco-friendly entertainment habits in the technological age. In an area where the crowd and chaos are labelled as ‘inescapable’, Mumbai proudly accommodates a culturally enriched boutique hotel that promotes art in its innumerable forms.
From bespoke in-room antiques to locally restored infrastructure that shows more than a few tinges of British and traditional Indian influence, the art story at Abode Bombay is always buzzing with innovation.
Scent-making workshops, sound healing sessions, colonial and art-deco pieces telling tales of architectural creations from bygone times – travellers are frequently engaged in stimulating their creative engines.
This time, Sidhant Gandhi, the artist who prefers his pseudonym, Too Sid, has demonstrated his out-of-the-ordinary creative personality through two giant paintings and an extended series of smaller artworks.
This local artist has jumped past exhausted artistic frameworks by redefining how common folk observe “everyday things”. Sidhant’s work is simplified to be understandable by all, offering many possible interpretations of the story he’s trying to narrate. Call it pop art or experimental themes, every little visual element in his works displays an unrestricted, pro-freedom imagination.
After 13 years in the field, Too Sid still calls himself an “accidental artist”.
Kicking off with a small-time t-shirt painting business, he braved through dozens of creative battles before making it on the big stage.
The experiences amassed over years of artistic nurturing trained him to develop creative identities. The result is a directory of projects for brands, businesses, festivals, animated shows, music compositions, and even Netflix originals.
Abode Boutique Hotels in Bombay identified a prospective partnership owing to his superb control over this medium of expression. Although mildly chaotic in nature, the assembly of little mindful elements in his pieces suited Abode Bombay’s aesthetic sensitivity.
Upbeat subtleties and unusual takes on local Bombay life decorate his art pieces with cultural titbits of the city. His catalogue of boutique pieces is titled A Day At Sea, beautifully using art to express the emotions and sights that surface when passing your day alongside the far-spreading waters around Mumbai’s coasts.
Guests at Abode Bombay can find his art pieces hung on the 4th-floor walls and in several cute spaces within the property. To add, this boutique hotel makes for a communal hub where ideas are born from cultural inspiration, and staycations help reignite your fading flames of creativity.
Interior décor experts have consciously positioned his smaller-sized artworks such that gentle natural lighting breathes delicate life into different portions of the pieces as the day passes.
Remember, these smaller pieces are Too Sid’s graphical interpretations of a futuristic Bombay. Be it soulful sunsets gracing bridge views or a cluttered mix of buildings managing to offer just enough space for movement – his art has cultivated an air of visionary hypnotism.
Ventures such as Scatterbrain and his NFT shop, Sid Bazaar, clearly explain his experimentative take on art. He believes in the philosophy of change is constant, often applying it to his dynamically evolving installations and animations. It’s a spectrum of tone of voice and storytelling that keeps Sidhant’s style engaging in a world where artists keep working with revolutionary concepts.
His dedication to trying out new channels of expression through art has barged into the NFT scene as well. Do scroll through his pop-art-like departmental store on the Metaverse to uncover a whole new layer of artwork. Even better, NFT holders are gifted premium items and merchandise as a reward for their trust.
Keeping this in mind, Too Sid reminds all designers to explore the new dimension offered by NFTs.
