Revisiting a century-old milestone of people's empowerment since 1905, our project pays tribute to two unwavering souls dedicated to uplifting the underprivileged. Departing from traditional Bengali folk art, the architectural narrative visually juxtaposes social complexities, evolving sentiments, and supply-demand dynamics. Tensions emerge between colonial and post-colonial, urban and nonurban, freezing time. Artist samaritans weave a fabric connecting and reconstructing the project's primordial spine, supported by the Gurusaday Museum and Chander Haat's humanitarian engagement.

Concept Note
We are revisiting a century old mile stone that stand today as monument of peoples empowerment since 1905. Our project is equally inspired by two dedicated soul who have been uncompromising in empowering the under privileged for the past couple of decades. We celebrate their participation in this show. The architectural pattern in the narratives echo departures from traditional folk Bengal art. The visual juxtapose situations, concerns, complexities of social evolution, obligations of demand & supply and gambit of sentiments surface in a metamorphosed state. The use and articulation supported by the choice of materials focus mainly on situation and existence in the non urban. Tensions surface between the colonial and the post colonial, between the urban and the non urban and time suddenly freezes. Our artist Samaritans together weave a fabric that connects and reconstruction the primordial spine of this body works.

The curatorial project is entirely based on the fine tuned foundation of Gurusaday babu and Chander Haat’s humanitarian engagement.

Curated by Probir Gupta

Participating Artist

Gita Karmakar (Dokra), China Pal (Kumortuli), Gurupada Sarkar (wood), Mahamaya Shikdar (Kantha), Kashmiran Tahir (Kantha), Bapi Chitrakar (Patua)

Swapna Sen, Tarun Dey, Krishna Murari, Sujit Das, Debanjan Roy, Nirmal Malick, Tarje Eikanger Gullaksen (Norway), Bhabatosh Sutar, Tapas Biswas, Pablo Bartholomew, Pradip Das, Aloke Shome, Mallika Das Sutar, Atanu Paul, Prasun Ghosh, Snehashish Maity, Vicky Roy, Pintu Sikdar, Chandan Gomes, Anjan Das, Debashish Barui, Raju Sarkar, Nilanjan Nandy, Probir Gupta, Ram Rehman & Safdar Hashmi.