Munem Wasif presents ‘Kromosho’ at Bengal Shilpalay, Dhaka where the artist gives substance to his observations of the old town by tracing and rearranging from its own reality. Puran Dhaka’s another reality is to consider it as a composite of all the ebb and flow of a complex transformation. Rapid population growth, gentrification, rigid division of labour, and an expanding marketplace make for a wild shift in people’s lives. However, Wasif returns to the space’s fundamental spirit, its very essence and spirit: to exist, to survive the trauma.
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