Emami Art presents “PURVAI: Printmaking in Eastern India – Pedagogy to Practice” organised in collaboration with Lalit Kala Akademi under the purview of 3rd Print Biennale India. Curated by artist, academician, curator, researcher, and writer Dr Paula Sengupta, this group exhibition traces the curve of contemporary printmaking across Eastern India from the pedagogical space to the realm of practice – featuring 44 artists and collectives from the Northeastern states, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh. With Bengal as the pivotal point from which modern/contemporary printmaking in the region is traced, the exhibition examines the institutional and artistic nurturing of the medium from the late-20th century onwards. PURVAI maps the role of art institutions in fostering printmaking in Eastern India, where infrastructural needs have kept the medium closely tied to pedagogy.
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