Grooming (Set of 10), 2024

In Grooming, Gautam Rathod turns his attention to the everyday instruments of a barber’s trade, like razors, scissors, shaving foam, snippets of hair—objects that, while ordinary, are charged with memory, intimacy, and precision. Each item is more than a tool; it is an extension of the hand, carrying within it years of repetition, care, and unspoken trust between barber and client. By isolating these objects within his pared-down visual language, Rathod reveals their quiet eloquence: the sharp glint of a blade, the soft residue of foam, the fragile traces of cut hair. Together, they form a constellation of fragments that speak not only of grooming as ritual, but of touch, transformation, and the shared human need for connection. The series is deeply rooted in Rathod’s own upbringing in a family of hairdressers, where these instruments were both familiar and formative. Their presence shaped his way of seeing, teaching him to value the precision of small gestures and the intimacy of everyday tools. For Rathod, the relationship between a person and their tools is a profound metaphor for the human experience, reflecting how we shape and are shaped by the objects closest to us.

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