new delhi so whats the humble roti doing in glamorous miami no its not being served up by a chic indian restaurant instead its been rolled out by the mumbaibased gallery chemould which has brought some of indias biggest contemporary art stars to miami art basel this year artist jitish kallat uses the chapati to portray the waxing and waning of the moon its a metaphor for life which like the lunar cycle periodically rotates between fullness and emptiness while kallat has been inspired by the kitchen artist gigi scaria has transported images of the vast uninhabited expanse of the kutch salt desert to miami where the fourday art jamboree opened to the public on december 5 what is significant is that this year will see the biggest representation of indian artists at miami art basel as the fair becomes more culturally diverse every year among the indian galleries showing in miami this year is gallery ske bangalore which will be showing the works of bharti kher prabhavathi meppayil and artes mundi prize nominee sheela gowda in the nova section of the fair which is dedicated to showing new works that have been created within the last three years besides kallat chemould is showing gigi scaria shilpa gupta and rashid rana despite the contemporary art market not performing very well at home indian gallerists are venturing out to fairs in miami and hong kong which attract important nri collectors not that its just the desi gallerists who show indian artists austrian galerie krinzinger will be exhibiting the work of delhi artist mithu sens sensually charged works in the kabinett sector of the miami fair participants of the kabinett sector are carefully chosen to present curated exhibitions in this case for a rising star of the art world earlier this year in hong kong berlins arndt gallery showed a very significant kallat work titled circa the installation was evocative of the bamboo scaffolding that is ubiquitous in a foreverunderconstruction india carved on the bamboo which was made of resin were gargoyles that kallat derived from the entrance of mumbais victoria terminus station