Pata Dekhabo? at KNMA follows narrative image-making traditions from Bengal and Jharkhand across three centuries. These scrolls are interesting because the image was never necessarily meant to stand silently on a wall. Storytelling, performance, ritual and community were part of how it lived. That changes the way I think about painting. We often separate image, sound and performance into different disciplines, but these traditions show how artificial those borders can be. Sometimes an image was always meant to unfold in time.
A Painting That Also Performs
KNMA Pata Dekhabo? - KNMA An exhibition exploring narrative scrolls, storytelling traditions, and vernacular image-making across Bengal and Jharkhand. The exhibition brings together picture-making traditions from Bengal and Jharkhand through narrative scrolls and single-format images spanning three centuries. Featuring works from pattachitra and Santhal traditions, it explores how storytelling, performance, ritual, and everyday life intersect within these living practices. Tracing […]