Prithwish Daw – Solo Show Awardee, Inception Grant 2023 

The exhibition explores Daw’s practice and artistic journey as he explores the popular culture of West Bengal specifically through the artist’s vision of Bengali culture, society and architecture. Prithwish explores the cityscape of Kolkata from an unseen perspective, choosing ‘walls’ as a representative icon to speak about the massive wave of urbanization, land mafia, and real estate, erasing the existing aesthetic culture of his hometown. The walls present the idea of advertisement, representation of political climate through a satirical lens.

Prithwish Daw (b. 1990, Kolkata). He received his bachelor’s from the Indian College of Art and Draughtsman ship and his master’s from Rabindra Bharati University. He has been part of various exhibits namely the Birla Annual Show (2021), the CIMA Award Show (2022), the Lalit Kala Academy’s 62nd National Exhibition (2022), the 19th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh (2022), Inception Grant 2023 Finalists amongst others.

This exhibition is an extension of our continued collaboration with Triveni Kala Sangam.