PURVAEE – Evoking Pedagogic Lineages

Purvaee – the eastern wind, investigating pathways of creative sensibility transmission and modes of visual representation among the first generations of teachers in two pioneering art institutions in the country, through diverse chronological orbiting. The core narrative of this show is derived from the masters’ practices, which converse with the artistic practices of subsequent generations. It reflects on the methods of institutional inducement, which allowed their acolytes to develop a wide range of artistic sensitivity. The exhibition will display works produced between the 1940s and the 2000s, with one exceptional and renowned work ‘Sati’ a Japanese woodblock print by Nandalal Bose from the early 20 th century, which was critically acclaimed. It will explore the instructive and stylistic transformations that are observed in the works of subsequent generations of artists. Exploring subjectivities and singular representations while focusing on a small area dedicated to the practices of these fourteen artists, the exhibition will participate in a conversation that is profound and broad at the same time.