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A Chittaprosad Retrospective
Art is often about aesthetics and beauty but in Chittaprosad’s work it was about the ugliness of life and the horrors of the Bengal famine. This retrospective of Chittaprosad’s work is a not to be missed event for it illuminates the life of a little known artist whose searing body of work is being seen for the first time in New York.
Chittaprosad’s political art and prints make for difficult viewing but they remind us about the brutal genocide caused by a man-made famine by the British masters. Chittaprosad’s searing black and white sketches document the inhumanity and the sheer suffering of multitudes. His art, which drew inspiration from village sculptors and puppeteers, was published in a book, ‘Hungry Bengal.’ This firsthand account was, however, seized and burnt by the British rulers. Now DAG Gallery has created a facsimile edition of that lost edition.
At the same time DAG has opened up a dialogue on political art. While the retrospective can be seen from March 17 – June 15, a one-day convention brings many different thinkers together to mull about politics and art.
“Powerful and emotive, his art of caricature emerged as a statement in favour of the oppressed masses and as a denunciation of the ruling class. As a self-conscious, reflective testimony, the drawings and caricatures of this period were a forceful outcry against the tyranny of domination and an indictment of prevailing conditions. Underlying the biting humour was a compassionate humanism and his images were essentially an appeal on behalf of the labouring poor and the marginalised.”
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