Twelve artists, diverse viewpoints
The Hindu
The 12th edition of Emerging Palettes at Hyderabad’s Shrishti Art Gallery explores themes of urbanisation, displacement and identity
Rooftop terracotta tiles, pieces of wood from dismantled furniture, the leather used to make footwear and musical instruments, and recycled saris are some of the media on which emerging artists give wings to their thoughts in the 12th edition of ‘Emerging Palettes’ hosted by Hyderabad’s Shrishti Art Gallery. Twelve artists from across the country, bound by their love for art, put forth their socio-political and ecological concerns. These artworks are not necessarily intended to be pieces of decor, but can be conversation starters, narrating stories of communities, urbanisation and gender sensitivity.
Jayeeta Chatterjee depicts repetitive everyday chores of women, combining Bengal’s kantha stitch and woodcut prints. She sources old saris from women of the middle class families she documents, and says the embroidery and print on their own fabric represent the aura of their households. Growing up near Santiniketan, she learnt embroidery from her mother and grandmother. She later learnt printmaking while doing her masters programme in arts: “For this series, I wanted to combine woodcut print technique and embroidery, because many of these women stitch in their daily lives. I experimented combining the two to show the tasks women do in a day, from chopping vegetables to running errands.”