Curated by Ina Puri

For artists in general and printmakers in particular, the Bat-tala school has been, perennially, of great interest, inspiring several art practitioners down the decades albeit in many ways. Literally meaning under the Banyan tree, artists of Chitpore, initially worked under the ubiquitous Bat-tala making the work they produced so popular that soon the newly established school went by the sobriquet Bat-tala. The Bat-tala tradition spawned art and illustrations spanning a range of subjects from mythology and religious themes to the satirical, commenting on contemporary social life of the time. 

Two parallel exhibitions will be held in both art galleries of the Centre presenting the work of master artists; senior artists; and emerging artists. Organised in collaboration with Art Magnum 

The Tradition of Bat-tala & Other Practices by the Printmakers
Presenting works by master artists – Paramjit Singh; Akbar Padamsee; Bhupen Khakkar; Arpita Singh; Jatin Das; Anjolie Ela Menon; Rameshwar Broota; Vasundhara Broota;  Manu Parekh; Madhvi Parekh; Shobha Broota; Sakti Burman; Ved Nayar; Anupam Sood; Jyoti Bhatt; Jogen Chowdhury; P. D. Dhumal; R. B. Bhaskaran; Jaikishan Agarwal; Arpana Caur;  Jeram Patel; Laxman Goud; Himmat Shah; Niren Sengupta; G.M. Sheikh; Lalu P. Shaw; Paramjeet Dogra; Somnath Hore; K. G. Subramanyan; Sanat Kar; Shanti Dave; Rini Dhumal; V.R. Patel; Haren Das; Prem Singh; Manjit Bawa;  Maite Delteil; and Piraji Sagara

Works by senior artists - Dattatraya Apte; Kavita Nayar; Sushanta Guha; Anandamoy Banerji; Kanchan Chander; Bula Bhattacharya; Kishor Chakraborty; Santosh Verma; Hemavathy Guha; Gayatri Apte; G. R. Iranna; Pooja Iranna;  V. Nagdas; Pratul Dash; Yusuf; Debashish Mukherjee; Prasanta Kalita; Amitava Das; Veer Munshi; Sidharth; R. M. Palaniappan; Durga Kainthola; Rajan Fulari; Birendra Pani; Vijay Bagodi; Subroto Mandol; Sujay Mukherjee; Mini Radhakrishan; Srikanta Paul; Walter D. Souza; Avijit Roy; Savi Sawarkar; Ramesh Khanda; Ajit Seal; Shovin Bhattacharya; Sunrindra Mishra; Suddhasattwa Basu; Suranjan Basu; Asim Pal; Jayasri Burman; Waswo X. Waswo; and Sanjay Das

 Inauguration on Saturday, 14 September at 17:30 onwards

Chief Guest: Ashok Vajpeyi, poet and literary cultural critic

Guests of Honour: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC; Ms Anupam Sud and Jayasri Burman, eminent artists