Unbound Forms: Women Sculptors of India and Bangladesh

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Published alongside the major retrospective at The Hepworth Wakefield centered around the work of Indian artist Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949–2015), one of the most significant modernist sculptors of the 20th century, the publication will also show Mukherjee in the context of key works by pioneering women artists from the earlier generation of modern Indian and Bangladeshi sculpture - the artist’s mother, Leela Mukherjee (1916 – 2002), Meera Mukherjee (1923 – 1998), Novera Ahmed (1939 – 2015) and Pilloo Pochkhanawala (1923 – 1986). The exhibition and publication brings these artists in dialogue for the first time, offering an interwoven history of South Asian art that has long been underrepresented within Western accounts of global modern art. The exhibition and publication aim to show each individual’s artistic development as well as the impact that their work had on international sculpture, revealing a shared pursuit of unbound sculptural forms and pioneering radicality.

The publication includes contributions from Durjoy Rahman, Tarini Malik, Laura Smith, Sky Arundati Thomas, Farah Dailami, Saiful Islam, Natasha Fyffe, Nilima Sheikh and Geeta Kapur. 

Editors: Tarini Malik and Laura Smith with Farah Dailami

Design: All Around Design

Print Production: Graphics Belgium

Co-publisher: Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation (DBF)