How often do you find the so-called ‘High Art’ displayed alongside local craft practices in a single gallery space, all telling the story of a single city spanning over a century? This is what took place at the Babu & Baazar exhibition, organized by DAG (Delhi Art Gallery) at the Alipore Jail Museum, Kolkata.
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How often do you find the so-called ‘High Art’ displayed alongside local craft practices in a single gallery space, all telling the story of a single city spanning over a century? This is what took place at the Babu & Baazar exhibition, organized by DAG (Delhi Art Gallery) at the Alipore Jail Museum, Kolkata. The…
Chromolithograph from 18th-century Bengal showing the last day of Durga Puja, and Parvati is shown leaving her Maternal home. Her mother is all teary-eyed. At the other end stands Shiva with Ganesh in arms, eagerly waiting for her.