Our mind wants to explore; it has always been obsessed with paving the way for new thoughts and ideas. It is this nature of the mind that provokes one to explore new areas and ideas. The very fact of being a part of numerous thoughts of different minds brought me to a stage where an urge to explore the dynamism of different minds became profound, and a need to give proper shape to this very urge became inevitable. It’s very interesting to think in this way that the source of any creation, and in this case, art, is so varied yet they keep happening and different forms of art continue to take birth in different minds. At this time, we find different artists giving birth to different creations using different mediums according to their preferences. This reality has taken centre stage in the development of the urge for an experiment and the creation of a display where this dynamism of thoughts through different mediums by different artists can be brought together. Without the binding of a specific theme, freedom of artistic voice and expression became a priority of this experimental urge.

The viewing and observations of the artistic creations of various artists using the opportunities of doing so have been a source and scope of my preferences. This show has thus become a platform for me to convey the same to art connoisseurs. A scope and space for displaying the art works of some of them is this show, ‘CONCEPTS’.

ANUP MONDAL ASHIMITA MONDAL CHANDRANATH SAHA DURBANANDA ISHITA CHAKRABORTY MITHUN DAS PALLAVI DAS RAJEN MONDAL RUMA CHOUDHURY AND SOURAV PAL, the minds of my creative colleagues, help in the manifestation of this experimental idea and fulfillment of the urge of the mind. The varied thoughts and philosophies of their creations and the usage of different mediums help in fulfilling the ultimate goal of creating that kind of display where the contemporary minds and concepts of these creative people are placed together and can be viewed at once. Concepts: The show is about these minds, their thoughts and ideas, and a curious urge for exploration.

Ayan Mukherjee
Curator