ZURICH.- Hauser & Wirth opened its new Zurich space with an exhibition of works by Subodh Gupta, including monumental new sculptures and the ‘Cosmos’ paintings, first shown at PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine. Gupta’s ideas take shape in a variety of different media, such as steel, bronze, marble and paint. Materials are encountered for their aesthetic properties and as conceptual signifiers carrying a wealth of connotations. The mass-produced utensils that have played such a prominent role in Gupta’s art offer an ambiguous symbolism: whilst they are seen by those in the West as exotic and representative of Indian culture, to those in India they are ubiquitous items, used daily in almost every household. Gupta harnesses these hybrid associations, allowing them to resonate in the viewer’s mind and has made steel