Kiran Nadar Art Museum (KNMA) will co-produce a exhibition showcased Indian and Bangladeshi artists with the Samdani Art Foundation (SAF) at the Sixth Dhaka Arts Summit. With more than 140 local and international artist and architects, the Dhaka Arts Summit will be held in the Bangladeshi capital from February 3. The sixth edition, titled ‘Bonna’, will explore the theme of Bangladesh’s climate. and how it shapes the history, identity and culture of the country. (Also read: Muzaffar Ali to showcase his lesser known works of art at the upcoming exhibition )
KNMA and SAF’s landmark exhibition, ‘Very Small Emotions’, will showcase the wide exchange between Bangladeshi and Indian contemporary artists through exhibition organization, publishing, synergies operating and lending works of art. The exhibition was co-curated by Akansha Rastogi, senior curator at KNMA, and chief curator of Dhaka Art Summit Diana Campbell along with Ruxmini Choudhury, assistant curator at SAF.
“The partnership with the Samdani Arts Foundation furthers our goal of providing a platform for emerging and younger voices from India and the subcontinent. This will be the first time the two arts organizations have come together. South Asia’s great contemporary arts collaborate on such a scale and we are delighted to create a space for learning and exchange for people from both countries and around the world,” said Kiran Nadar, president, KNMA said.
As part of the exhibition, award-winning author Amitav Ghosh’s “Jungle Nama” will come to life through an audiovisual presentation and collaboration with artist Salman Toor and singer Ali Sethi. “This is a collaborative project and there’s no better way to bring together different aspects of the work than with an installation for this exhibition that celebrates the role storytelling plays in society. ,” said Ghosh.
The fourth exhibition in KNMA’s long-term, multi-part program ‘Young Artists of Our Time’ aims to address and engage the younger voices of the subcontinent, bringing them into play and shaping the shapes of the subcontinent. new institutional cooperation.
Other exhibition highlights include a new rose work by Mumbai-based architects Rupali Gupte and Prasad Shetty, and a sculpture installation by Delhi-based artist Murari Jha. and performance work by Shillong-based artist Lapdiang Syiem connects India and Bangladesh through the folklore of Shillong’s Khasi hill tribes.
The collaboration will also feature an Anga Art Collective presentation that focuses on the memories of village elders in western Assam near the Bangladesh border who were forced to flee their homes when their village was submerged in the Bramhaputra River. due to erosion.
The Summit at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will also host artists and architects including Rana Begum, Bhasha Chakrabarti, Simon Fujiwara, Antony Gormley, Yasmin Jahan Nupur, Ashfika Rahman, Joydeb Roaja, Rupali Gupte and Prasad Shetty, Lapdiang Syiem, Sumayya Vally and Anpu Varkey.
While more than 50 percent of the works on display will be new commissions, exhibitions and performances, historical works by artists such as Chittaprosad Bhattacharya, Leela Mukherjee, Benode Behari Mukherjee, Satyajit Ray and Lala Rukh also will be introduced at the Summit. The art festival will end on February 11.
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