Niladri Ranjan Chatterjee (left), professor of English, Kalyani University, moderated an interesting discussion centered on the question, “Is it art if it doesn’t disturb?”, between theatre and film director Suman Mukhopadhyay (centre) and assistant professor of visual arts at Kalyani University, Ritendra Roy (right) at CIMA amid the ongoing exhibition, ‘Shape Without Form, Shade Without Colour’. Behind the panellists hangs an untitled artwork by Chittrovanu Mazumdar
Photos: Soumyajit DeyChief administrator of CIMA, Pratiti Basu Sarkar, welcomed the panellists and introduced the session
Suman Mukhopadhyay addressed the audience
Ritendra Roy pondered the central question from the perspective of the visual arts
Niladri Ranjan Chatterjee offered some interesting perspectives on the subject
The audience listened attentively to the panellists. To their left is an artwork by Kingshuk Sarkar titled ‘Barood’ (2024)