Take On Art : Visceral Realities: Experiencing the Works of Jogen Chowdhury

Aranya Bhowmik, May 22, 2025
Translating an expansive artistic terrain into an exhibition is no easy feat. ‘In Celebration: Jogen Chowdhury’ at Art Exposure Gallery, Kolkata, takes on this colossal task. Following two large‑scale retrospectives in 2023—at Bikaner House, Delhi, and Snowball Studio, Mumbai—this Kolkata edition, curated by Soumik Nandy Majumdar (also co‑curator of the earlier shows), moves beyond a conventional notion of retrospective. It seeks to highlight the moments, memories, discoveries, and histories that shaped his visual language, selectively emphasizing certain periods and revealing a conscious curatorial implication.