Sunday, December 27, 2009

First UK Solo Show of Bengali-American Artist Rina Banerjee Announced

December 24, 2009 by All Art  
Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions, Featured

LONDON.- In April 2010 Haunch of Venison London will present Forever Foreign – the first UK solo show of Bengali-American artist Rina Banerjee, introducing the New York-based artist’s complex, seductive, corporeal oeuvre.
Banerjee’s drawings, sculptures and assemblage depict mythical, visionary worlds, reflecting the artist’s Western and Indian backgrounds with intense colours and hybrid flora and fauna. The fantastical floating world Banerjee creates is reminiscent of Indian miniature paintings, and comes from an interest in Victorian culture; the thirst for exploration and [...]