In conjunction with the second Dhaka Art Summit, Alliance Française de Dhaka is holding a solo photography exhibition titled Concepts of Space and Rabindranath Tagore by Indian photographer Samit Das. The exhibition will continue until February 12.
Tagore’s concept of space and architecture is a vast area of exploration and it is extremely difficult to express it through just a few visuals within a limited space in its entire entirety. For many years, Samit has been researching the architecture and interiors designed by Tagore himself.
For the last fifteen years of his life, Samit Das has been deeply involved with this subject-matter trying to explore the details, actively engaging with the enormous amount of materials left behind, which would probably take many years to comprehend. His journey with his subject-matter began around 1993 when he started to explore it as a part of his MA dissertation in 1996. Later on, his relationship with this topic extended to various other directions.
Within a very limited number of visuals, Samit has tried to come up with a brief presentation of Tagore’s idea of space and architecture through the architecture of Santiniketan. Here, the journey begins from collate Jorasanko house and moves through Bangladesh to conclude in Santiniketan.
Samat has deep interest on archiving and specialises in painting, photography, interactive artworks and artist’s book. He is profound in creating art and architectural installation. Samit has his solo exhibitions in Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Singapore and London.