Kolkata, 9th December, 2024: The Bridging Culture and Art Foundation (B-CAF), in collaboration with The Harrington Street Arts Centre (HSAC), launched the much-anticipated exhibition ‘We Live in Furnished Souls’ with an elegant inauguration ceremony on Thursday, December 5th, 2024. Curated by Nanak Ganguly, the exhibition showcases a rich tapestry of contemporary visual art by a group of regional artists, including Arpan Sadhukhan, Puspen Roy, Snehasis Maity, Piyali Sadhukhan, Saumen Khamrui, Sekharbaran Karmakar, Subhankar Chakrabarty, and Umesh Jana.

The opening was graced by distinguished guests, including CS (Dr.) Adv. Mamta Binani, President of the MSME Development Forum, West Bengal; Mr. Shiv K Agarwala, Honorary Consul of Romania in Kolkata; Mr. Pradip K Agarwal, CEO of Heritage Group of Institutions; Ms. Reena Dewan, Director of B-CAF; Ms. Noni Khullar, Director of HSAC; and Mr. Imran Zaki, President of FACES and many other eminent personalities.

The exhibition will be on view at the Harrington Street Art Gallery from Dec 5th to Dec 14th, 2024, from 12 noon to 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

The exhibition brings together a dynamic collection of artworks that traverse diverse genres, from painting and sculpture to installations, challenging conventional boundaries of art and representation. As Nanak Ganguly, the curator, eloquently noted, the exhibition invites a redefinition of realism and abstraction, reflecting the urgent need to transcend outdated notions of modernism and embrace new, inclusive forms of artistic expression.

Speaking to the media, Ms. Reena Dewan, Director B-CAF, said, “The artworks are deeply personal and self-referential, shaped by the artists’ intimate visions and explorations of form, space and myth. Each piece invites the viewer to move beyond the familiar and discover something new.”

On this Occasion, Mr. Nanak Ganguly, Curator, said, “The beauty and idea of these works hold us in extreme promises to challenge representation as a ‘formidable tool of domination’ but to a redefinition of realism because it is high time to realize we will no longer be restricted by debased modernism and redefine the definition, of realism, abstraction and cultural representation.”

Speaking to the media, Ms. Noni Khullar, Director HSAC, said, “The passion driving these artists is unmistakable—whether it is carefully restrained, revealing itself in subtle, thoughtful expressions or unleashed in raw, turbulent energy that mirrors the complexities of life itself.”