Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Sarnath Banerjee: A Cartographer of the Fragmented Indian Psyche Sarnath Banerjee, born in Kolkata in 1972 and now residing primarily in Delhi, is a singular voice in contemporary Indian art – a graphic novelist, filmmaker, and co-founder of the influential comics publishing house, Phantomville. His work isn’t merely storytelling; it's an excavation of memory, history, and the peculiar rhythms of everyday life within India’s rapidly ev
olving landscape. Banerjee doesn’t offer grand narratives or sweeping pronouncements; instead, he meticulously renders fragments – fleeting encounters, forgotten details, and the unsettling juxtapositions that define the Indian experience. His art is a quiet rebellion against simplistic representations, inviting viewers to contemplate the complexities beneath the surface of a nation grappling with modernity. Banerjee’s artistic journe…