Author: Suroopa Chatterjee
Printmaking-one of the richest, oldest and democratic forms of art remains a sort of shrouded mystery when it comes to a large section of art appreciators. A print show takes one in an uncertain, almost uncomfortable territory unlike a painting, which can communicate and be understood. The print on the other hand, often arouses questions like originality, editions which linger on , yet remain unanswered. Printmaking is a process that is largely hidden from view as the public actually sees the finished image.The long hours of the labor of carving a design on a wood block, etching a plate of copper,…
His eyes appear deep, somewhat distant, over lips that withhold a smile almost on the verge of arriving. He holds your gaze only fleetingly before drifting beyond it—into the vast stillness of his inner world, where another universe takes shape each day, entwined with art, spirituality, and music in harmonious communion.
Halford E. Luccock once quoted “No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it” One was reminded of glancing at the specter of a collective creation, Khadi-a Canvas that opened its door to Kolkata audiences on 13th February, 2026. The show curated by Lavina Baldota and presented by TRI Art and Culture in association with the Abheraj Baldota Foundation and Gaurang Shah, textile artist, turned khadi –once held as a fabric that voiced self-reliance and resistance into a medium of artistic translation. Soaking inspiration from the iconic works of Raja Ravi Varma, the visual imagery became tactile and history was…