Kaee Contemporary, near Alipore Avenue, is Kolkata’s newest contemporary art space. Established in 2022, the two-storied building covers 2,500 square feet and features clean, modernist design elements
The sprawling white spaces are interspersed with pops of moody colours
‘Kaee’ is a colloquial word for algae. Founder Ambika Beri shared that Kaee Contemporary was curated to be a lively interpreter of Kolkata’s emerging art scene and have the space generate an environment for art to evolve and grow
We spotted minimalist and engaging viewing areas
Kaee Contemporary is currently hosting an exhibit titled ‘When the Other Stares Back’. Curated by Adwait Singh, the showcase features artworks by four female artists from Kolkata — Jayashree Chakravarty, Radhika Agarwala, Sonia Mehra Chawla and Suhasini Kejriwal. (In frame: Suhasini Kejriwal’s Everyday Extraordinary, which examines the quotidian tableaus from Chitpur in north Kolkata and Chor Bazar in Central Mumbai)
For the exhibit (which will go on till April 30), each artist staged an encounter with non-human actants such as — plants, plankton or animals — that are left vulnerable at the hand of man. Ranging from melancholic to monstrous, these motifs are represented as warnings against landscapes to come. (In frame: Radhika Agarwala’s sculpture that attempts to capture inter-species struggles)