Date: 11 October 2025, Saturday
Time: 5:30 PM onwards
Venue: KCC Library
OPEN TO ALL
As a public-facing programme under The River in the Sky: A Solo Exhibition by Sibaprasad Karchaudhuri, Emami Art presents a discussion on abstraction in Modern and Contemporary art in Bengal, with a focus on Karchaudhuri’s practice shaped by his non-representational abstract language and memories and experiences of the people, places, and cultures he has encountered.
This discussion will feature artist Sibaprasad Karchaudhuri alongside academic and writer Dr Nandini Ghosh (Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts and Design, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata), and academic and artist Rishi Barua (Assistant Professor, Department of Sculpture, Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan) – who will be the moderator and introductory speaker.
About the Speakers:
Sibaprasad Karchaudhuri is a painter, designer, printmaker, weaver, and pedagogue based in Santiniketan. He graduated in Applied Arts from GCAC, Kolkata (1966), took training in design at NID, Ahmedabad (1968-69), and studied Graphic Art at San Jose State University, California (1984-85). He taught at the textile design department at NID and later at Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. His past solo shows include The Dream of an Idiot, Emami Art, Kolkata (2023); and Nymphs and Other Ethereal Images, Gallery Charubasona, Kolkata (2023).
Dr Nandini Ghosh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fine Arts and Design at Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata. She holds a BFA in Painting from Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; and an MFA and a Ph.D. in Art History from MSU, Baroda. Her published works, among many others, include ‘Rabindranath Tagore: The Subconscious Repository of Memory’ – a chapter in Iconic Masterpieces of Indian Modern Art, Vol I (2021); and the introduction to Meera Mukherjee: Purity of Vision (2018).
Rishi Barua is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sculpture at Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. He holds a BFA and an MFA from Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, 1985 and 1987 respectively. His works have been part of many group exhibitions including Ensemble, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai (2015); Beneath the Surface, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata (2013); and Materials and Materiality, Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata (2009).
