Wonderful ‘Writing Visuals’ courtesy W+K Exp, Delhi

A new group exhibit in New Delhi partnership by W+K Exp, in collaboration with the Kolkata based, Harrington Street Arts Centre, features works by several talented artists like Adip Dutta, Dilip Ranade, Debnath Basu, Jogen Chowdhury, Jayashree Chakraborty, Kishore Chatterjee, Mekhala Bahl, Mithu Sen, Manisha Parekh, N N Rimzon, Paula Sengupta, Partha Pratim Deb, Pooja Iranna, Sarnath Banerjee, Samir Roy, Vivan Sundaram, and Sudhir Patwardhan.

The show is curiously titled ‘Writing Visuals’. It has been curated by Adip Dutta, whose works also form part of the exhibition. ‘Writing Visuals’ makes an honest attempt to establish the mysterious and mystical relationship between drawing and writing. A curatorial note elaborates on the latent theme of the show to state:

"Just as writing is a mode of expression through language and the alphabet, drawing too has its own visual alphabet – such as line, form, symbols, motifs and sometimes even text. When these are creatively put together they create a sense of language –a visual language."

The works on view include fascinating geometric forms and linear drawings (by Manisha Parekh and Vivan Sundaram), etchings on paper (by Paula Sengupta), etchings on silk (by Mekhala Bahl), an artist’s book (by Jogen Chowdhury), text on a paper sculpture (by Pooja Iranna), hair imprints (by Mithu Sen), working drawings for a sculpture (by N.N. Rimzon), charcoal drawings (by Samir Roy), ‘caricreatures’ (by Kishore Chatterjee), Jayashree Chakraborty’s mixed media works on paper, Sarnath Banerjee’s graphic illustrations, and Dilip Ranade’s pen on paper, amongst others.

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