Is art a model for rethinking and re-imagining the continuum of life on earth? How to think about the world within its fleeting rhythm and degenerating spaces? One way of looking at the world is through fragments, the fragments that remain. Contemporary art as a model often engages these growing concerns. The artistic practice is not about making utopic propositions but about demonstrating a capacity for ongoing, thoughtful reconfiguration in a broken world, making avenues of engagement rather than monuments of expression.
The fifth edition of Emami Art’s annual nationwide Open Call, IMAGINARIUM 5.0, presents artworks by 10 emerging young artists working across various media, including painting, sculpture, installation, video, printmaking, and lens-based practice. The selected artists are Abela Ruben, Aman Kumar, Anurag Paul, Farhin Afsa, Manoj Kumar Pannala, Mitali Das, Pankaj Sarma, Rahul Sarkar, Sanyukta Kudtarkar, and Tejal Kawachi. Additionally, among the 10 artists, Pankaj Sarma, Farhin Afsa, and Rahul Sarkar have been selected for the first three positions, respectively, for the IMAGINARIUM Awards, supported by the Emami Foundation and the Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC).
The ten artists featured in IMAGINARIUM 5.0 Awards and Exhibition were selected by an esteemed jury comprising Bindi Vora, Umah Jacob, Tallur L. N, Prasanta Sahu, and Ushmita Sahu.
