Emami’s two shows tackle subjects prevalent in contemporary times, with each artwork being more striking than the last. While Debashish Paul’s solo show, curated by Mario D’Souza, includes performance stills, drawings and sculptures, all centred around Paul’s film Hazaro Saalon Ka Sapna (A Thousand Years Dreaming) that delves into the artist’s experiences with marginalisation and stigma, Ekkhan is a group exhibition featuring works by ten contemporary artists from Bengal. Including works by Aditya Basak, Goutam Chowdhury, Jayashree Chakravarty, Subrata Biswas and more, the show brings together creations that respond to place, time and history, all the while engaging with the wider world of contemporary art today.
On view at Emami Art, 777, Anandapur, Adarsh Nagar, Kolkata until 26th October 2024
The space, in between at Talwar Gallery, New Delhi
The artworks in this group show are as stark as they are eye-catching and as dramatic as they are powerful with each artist’s voice shining through. Featuring works by acclaimed creators Alwar Balasubramanium, Al-An Desouza, NN Rimzon, Sheila Makhijani, Kartik Sood, Ranjani Shettar, Muhanned Cader and Rummana Hussain, it celebrates the nature of ‘becoming’, “both inside and outside, seen and unseen, focused and blurred, folded and stretched, human and divine, form and function, imagined and real”, according to the note on the show.