Bodhi is, of course, not a new name and anyone who is even vaguely interested in art would have lingered at Amit Judge’s swanky Bodhi Art Gallery in Kala Ghoda. This edgier cousin, however, has just opened its heavy metal doors to the public and since it’s off the beaten track, it clearly requires an investigative mind and a yen for art to get one there.

At Bodhi Art, the friendly gallery assistants hand you a map to the new space and then you are on your own, whizzing down P D’mello Road. On opening night, however, there was a shuttle bus operating from Kala Ghoda to get wine-buzzed guests to the new venue where Valsan Koorma Kolleri’s exhibition, titled Pillar to Post, opened.

Back on the trail, one passes several dockyard unloading points quaintly called Blue, Yellow and Red Gate. It is at Orange Gate that one stops to discover the new gallery. It has a sculpture garden, an absolute rarity in Mumbai, which is why when you walk into Bodhi Space you are pleasantly surprised by how green-friendly it is, with a tree-filled courtyard. Inside, the gallery reveals itself—white walls and industrial air-vent pipes on the ceiling. Kolleri’s sculptures adapt to the space as if tailor-made, the stone and wire mesh sculptures morphing with the eco-friendly space.

Bose Krishnamachari, one of the many artists who visited the space on opening night believes it’s “a fantastic idea to have a warehouse kind of space. It’s always better to shift and create new areas of interest for art. If a space like Bodhi can be housed there, it won’t be long before we see more galleries coming up”.