^« Jhaal Muri ^»

Paintings, sculpture and textiles inspired by Photographs

 Jhaal Muri is available on any street corner.  This hot spicy concoction will satisfy any snack attack.  Five visual artists - one photographer and four painters - took this urge for street culture in a new direction. The mixture became art; reinterpreting still photos of Bangladesh street life into brush strokes on canvas. The everyday has been captured and transformed; life that is all around us caught in an instant, frozen in time and brought back to life. 

  The poignant photographs of Anil Advani became the inspiration for Ujwala Prabhu, Kuhu Plamondon, Rokeya Sultana and Smita Srivastava.  This exhibition is truly a collaboration giving the viewer a glimpse into a world that breathes life into the Bangla spirit. Much like Jhaal Muri, this combination may seem unlikely but what a gratifying conclusion.

- Muriel Boyd