Kolkata

The Revolutionary Art of Chittaprosad and Somnath Hore

November 19, 2024,
5.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Directorate of State Archives, Shakespeare Sarani

A talk by Sanjoy Kumar Mallik, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, on visual articulations around the famine of 1943-44 and the Tebhaga movement of 1946-47 by Somnath Hore and Chittaprosad, against the backdrop of ‘Adhi nai, tebhag chai’, an installation featuring artworks, photographs, State records and oral narratives from the agrarian revolt.

Registrations for this event are closed. This event is part of the fourth edition of The City as a Museum, an annual festival that travels to various sites, repositories and neighbourhoods in Kolkata.