In Bloom: A journey through the five decades of Shipra Bhattacharya

CCA, Bikaner House, Pandara Road, will present In Bloom: A Journey through the Five Decades of Shipra Bhattacharya, a landmark solo exhibition curated by Jonaki Bhattacharya. The exhibition will be on view from November 15 to 23, between 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM.

Bhattacharya’s early paintings dwell on the solitary figure of the woman on the terrace — a symbol of imaginative freedom within everyday confines. Over time, her gaze turns outward, engaging with collective experience and social unrest. The personal becomes political, yet her tone remains reflective and deeply human.

“Each work carries traces of silence and song, rupture and resilience,” she says. “The quiet spaces within us hold immense power — not as escape, but as a way of seeing the world more truthfully. In Bloom is my way of saying that introspection, too, can be a form of resistance.”

Highlights include Floating (2023), a vision of lush growth against desolation; He (2021), where masculinity becomes mythic memory; and People (2023), celebrating collective identity through dense figuration. Kolkata (2016), Gaj Yatra (2018), and War (2014) reveal her shift toward social and emotional abstraction, while She (2002) remains a lyrical cornerstone of her oeuvre.

The show also includes sculptural works like Floating (2021–22), extending her fine-lined narratives into three dimensions. Across these works, Bhattacharya’s art remains an act of introspection and empathy — a quiet assertion that witnessing the world can itself be a form of resistance.

When: November 15–23; 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Where: CCA, Bikaner House, Pandara Road, New Delhi