Acclaimed Artist Arindam Chatterjee Unveils Haunting New Exhibition

Acclaimed artist Arindam Chatterjee is currently showcasing his latest solo exhibition, titled অ ব মা ন ব / a v a m ā n a v a, which delves into the fragile boundary between the human and the sub-human. The exhibition, comprising around thirty works mostly on paper, unfolds as a psychological and moral inquiry into the darker aspects of the human condition.

Drawing inspiration from Francis Bacon's idea of the "Brutality of Fact", Chatterjee's paintings tear away the comforting veils of representation to reveal an emotional and existential rawness. His figures, part human and part mythic, hover in an in-between space where instinct, vulnerability, and violence coexist. Each work feels like a confrontation with truth itself: unfinished, unfamiliar, and unflinching.

Reflecting on the exhibition, Richa Agarwal, CEO of Emami Art, praised Chatterjee's deeper introspection and emotional restraint, stating that his paintings "speak where words retreat." The artist, who began in abstraction before turning to figuration in the mid-2000s, has forged a unique language that fuses intense pigmentation, layered surfaces, and poignant irony. His practice bridges the mythological and the contemporary, using form to navigate the social and political anxieties of our time.