India, March 8 -- U ntil a decade ago, Himanshu Jamod's father was a labourer at Alang, one of the world's largest shipbreaking yards. He grew up watching behemoths broken down. "In a ship, everything is stripped down, from the furniture to the washing machines and iron sheets. Everything is sorted, segregated and either resold or reused in other industries," says Jamod, 31. Other members of his family too have found employment in this and allied fields. The artist was the first in his family to leave Bhavnagar. He studied art at MS University, Baroda. But the shipyard never left him. In a series of canvases displayed at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, he brings the surreal landscape of Alang alive. "The ship is a metaphor for the self. We sear...