Galleries

When Violence Becomes Decandent

For the exhibition at the Freise Museum in Berlin, the artist continues the process of adding more layers to her evolving installation. This time by adding a series of newer works and a whole new installation that further explores the precarious position of girls in urban settings and commodification of sex. The new work is inspired by her previous assignments on the craft villages of Bengal, particularly the "wig makers". She uses these as personifications the issue of commodification.

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I Saw that which had remained unseen

For the exhibition at the Azad Gallery in Tehran, the artist re-organises her photographic installation and material by adding a series of newer photographic works that explores the precarious position of young women in urban settings as the vulnerable prey of a predator male culture.

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Entropic Sites

For the installation, Entropic Sites, the artist revisits her major work, East City, exhibited at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture in March 2010. In re-organising her material and further adding a series of newer photographic works, she further explores the position of young girls as the vulnerable prey of predator males in the urban setting.

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East City Kolkata: Before the Campaign

Photographer and Installation artist Leena Kejriwal's exhibition in Kolkata where she showcased moods and moments from the city's life, highlighting the contradiction present in this modern metropolitan city which also boasts of a rich colonial heritage. The exhibition was curated by Shaheen Merali, who is an independent curator and writer living and working in Berlin and London. In this exhibition Leena's photographs are truthful testaments to this eastern dream of expansion and the rise of the technopolis on the former citys carcass.

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A life Of Its Own

A life Of Its Own Series

Leena Kejriwal´s photographs in this series is a fine example of fine art photography. In the series Life of its Own, Leena, adequately captures the beauty of still life.

These photographs seek to show 'life' in the 'stills' created on the roadside through objects we see everyday. Objects simmering and pregnant with life are perfect 'still lives' to the photographer, and are found aplenty at teashops, with vendors and such.

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Babu Bibi Series

Kolkata Photographer Leena Kejriwal´s Babu Bibi Series

In this series her work on the commercial studio portrait takes a new meaning for the Kolkata installation artist. In the Babu Bibi Series Leena uses her studio to recreate portraits of buxom and sultry bibi's who transcend time and walk out of pages of history into the current lifestyle scenario and personify all women wallowing in excess.

The babu bibi series is a graphic take on the 19th century Kalighat Ghat Pats of Bengal in my effort to depict "Kolkata Indulging". Each tell a story and have a story..hope you enjoy reading them.

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On The Streets Of Paris

Kolkata photographer and Installation Artist Leena Kejriwal?s Series on the Streets of Paris

An editorial photographer from India, Leena Kejriwal captures images from the Paris Street and immortalizes them in her frames. In the series On the Streets of Paris life in the alien city is depicted in a realistic fashion.

“On the streets of Paris” an exhibition of photographs by Leena Kejriwal, put together as an “Artists- in – Residence” in France in December 2005- January 2006.

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A life Of Its Own With Stains

The Series Life of its Own with Stains

The series done by Leena Kejriwal adequately captures the transience and mortality associated with earthly joys.

This collection of work is an extention of my earlier series on still lives - A life of its own (2004)

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Kalikatha series

Leena Kejriwal Kolkata Photographer Specializing in History Captures Calcutta Images in Kalikatha series - GO! TAKE A WALK!

In the Kalikatha series - GO! TAKE A WALK! Leena Kejriwal urges her audience to go back to their roots and trace human stories of their origin and thus lead a life which is more realistic and down to earth.

These photographs depict the Katha (tale) of the city of old Kalikatha or todays Kolkata - the city presided over by the fearsome Goddess Kali. Here the city is presented as the years have treated its monuments and landmarks, its life and people.

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Hampi—Living History

It was my first time on an art camp and I could not have chosen a better location specially with my love for history. Hampi, the site of the Vijayanagar Empire and the Monkey Kingdom of Kishkinda was simply enthralling with it’s history not only lingering but living too in some quarters.

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