Concept Note

We revisit a century-old milestone that stands today as a monument of people's empowerment since 1905. Our project is equally inspired by two dedicated souls who have been uncompromising in empowering the underprivileged for the past couple of decades. We celebrate their participation in this show. The architectural pattern in the narrative echoes a departure from traditional Bengali folk art. Visually juxtaposing situations, concerns, complexities of social evolution, and obligations of demand & supply, this gambit of sentiments surface in a metamorphosed state. The use and articulation thereof are supported by the choice of materials and their existence in nonurban situations. Tensions surface between the colonial and the post-colonial, between the urban and the nonurban and time suddenly freezes. Our artist samaritans weave a fabric that connects and reconstructs the primordial spine of this body of work.

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

Curated by Probir Gupta

Participating Artists

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.