Sculpture as a medium fascinates spectators with its three-dimensional quality and with its

proclivity to incorporate elements of mass and gravity. A total of eight sculptors – Anupam
Paul, Indranil Biswas, Kalpit Gaonkar, Pradip Banerjee, Ragesh A.S, Anakapally
Sivakrishna, Subhashree Halder and Ujjwal Mandal – have displayed their works in this
show. The image that they have chosen to present to the audience clearly reveal their
different sensibilities and ongoing preoccupation.

Subhashree halder is the only woman artist in the sculptor’s section. Her works are about the
issues of identity and feelings of helpless faced by women, as well as avenues for their
empowerment. She memorializes an ordinary comb to address notion of presence and
absence of a woman in a domestic space. Anupam Paul places the humble terracotta ‘pot’ at
the center of his work. The pot, for him, is not only a reference to hides family background
but the aural aspects in his work invite the spectator to interact with these objects in real and
physical ways.
Kalpit Gaonkar focuses on the transition, transformation and disappearance of the folk ritual
and traditions that had defined his childhood. The transformation that a folk object undergoes
in its new and changed contexts is a theme that fascinates him and connects him to his
personal history. In Ragesh’s studies with everyday objects, they become embodiments of
thoughts and perceptions. Ragesh is interested in objects not so much for their immediate
utility and purposes, but for a study of their characteristic, format features and the relational
insights that they contain and provide.

Sivakrishna’s works are endearing, simple and playful. They reflect the artist’s love for
nature and natural forms, and hint to the desires, questions and thoughts that he confronts
when practicing his art. Ujjwal Mandal deals with marine life and forms. The repeated
presence of these motifs in his works, the use of organic degradable materials reflects his
deep attachment to a way of life that centers around the sea and its resources.

Landscape, natural and architectural spaces occupy the work of Pradip Banerjee and Indranil
Biswas. Pradip is inspired by the surfaces of natural objects. His terracotta works explore
inner and outer, positive and negative areas of space. Indranil uses horizontal and vertical
spaces in a way that makes geography a significant part of his artistic practice

Walking through the display of the students of the sculpture discipline, spectators will find
themselves drawn into an engaging dialogue with this collective display of distinctive works
done in a wide range of media and materials.