Gallery Threshold presents a solo by Kishore Charkravorty.

Having studied sculpture at Rabindra Bharati University, his usage of unconventional materials – all humble and low-cost – sets him apart. His works are sharp indictments of the state of affairs.

His preferred materials are cheap cotton lining, straw and jute rope. These materials under his skillful transformative touch emerge as powerful statements against social evils like corruption, greed and terrorism.

Kishore Charkravorty’s oeuvre comprises gigantic hand-colored prints of black & white photos, from Kolkata, the city of his birth. Involved in Marxist politics during his youth, he became disillusioned with the politicking. He seeks to express through art his rage and disappointment.

The red rush of anger and the stark black emptiness of death recur in his work as is the crab motif signifying the rot that that is rapidly destroying the social fabric. The extended tongue of Goddess Kali is used as a symbol to embody a sense of shame that paradoxically, is questioned today.

His work provides no easy answers but provokes and shakes the viewers out of complacency, into a state of consciousness. The artist states: “This series of work constructed around the brewing theme of psychological terrorism, taps fear of crime, political abuse and corruption. My work is close to traditional art practices but also is synthetic. The parallel co-existence of all contrasting feelings is the core idea of my work.