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A Cartographer of the Mind
The New Indian Express Kalaburagi
|June 22, 2025
The quiet desperation of successive generations of farmers clinging to their vanishing land; the glow of a street lamp that reflects rural cultural practices rapidly being replaced by modernity; maps of changing contours—The Geometry of Ordinary Lives is a tour de force of Prasanta Sahu's observation and penchant for juxtaposing diverse epistemologies into a cohesive whole.
The Shantiniketan-based artist's ongoing solo show at Emami Art in Kolkata defies easy interpretation and an attempt to impose a fixed meaning or label on his oeuvre would be to miss out on rich complexity and multifaceted beauty.
This story is from the June 22, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kalaburagi.
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