Journalism of Courage
A group show featuring the works of iconic artists from Bengal and Bangladesh captures the socio-cultural history of Bengal of the times; Yasmin Jahan Nupur work from the series Patterns of a Tactile score (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
A work by Somya Sarkar Das (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
The exhibition by Gallery Art Positive -- titled Bengal-Nama at New Delhi’s Bikaner House -- features a diverse range of artworks including textiles, paintings, photography, ceramics, installations, sculptures and collages; Sudipta Das' work (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
Photograph titled Rohingya by Shahria Sharmin (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
The works deal with the issues of the times including migration, geopolitics, and mythology as well as ecological and social critique of existing crises like climate change, notes the press statement; Reba Hore's work (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
Lalu Prasad Shaw's artwork titled Babu (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
Jogen Chowdhury's artwork (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
According to the press statement, alongside active art practitioners, the exhibition also features works of eminent artists whose work continues to be critically relevant to understanding Bengal’s pioneering role through history; Book by Narayan Chandra (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
The featured artists are Bapi Das, Bappaditya Biswas, Chandra Bhattacharjee, Debasish Mukherjee, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Jogen Chowdhury, K G Subramanyan, Narayan Chandra Sinha, Najmun Nahar Keya, Paritosh Sen, Partha Dasgupta, Promotesh Das Pulak, Reba Hore, Shahria Sharmin, Shimul Saha, Shyamal Dutta Ray, Soma Das, Soumya Sankar Bose, Sudipta Das, and Yasmin Jahan Nupur; Artwork by KG Subramaniam (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
Artwork by Soma Das (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
The exhibition has been curated by Ina Puri. “Be it about alienation or issues of resistance; radical criticism of the socio-political systems or playful irony and banter about the ‘bhadralok’, you find a rich diversity and multiplicity in the image-making emerging from the region. Landscapes and geographies dwell on memory as much as the flux in the present environment and the churn of both. The show pays tribute to artistic practitioners who approach a range of diverse subjects. The artists bring alive through the terrestrial prism a glimpse of ideas and movements that are vitally relevant to our times, historically and politically from the past to now.” ; Artwork by Bappaditya Biswas (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
Further sharing the idea behind the exhibition, Anu Bajaj, director, Gallery Art Positive said in a statement that "Bengal played a significant role in shaping my sensibilities". "I was deeply impressed by my visits to Kolkata where I met artists whose works I gradually started exhibiting in my space. As we stepped into our milestone 15th year, I felt it was time to acknowledge my debt of gratitude and pay a tribute to Bengal, after all so many of my long relationships were with artists from there over the years," said Bajaj; Dawn with hope artwork by Chandra Bhattacharjee (Source: Gallery Art Positive)
