The Auto Raja of Kolkata: Bapi Das presents a slice of life in Bengal at the Kochi Biennale

Bapi Das from Kolkata specialises in small-scale, detailed embroidery works, which are often reflections of his home city’s urban landscape, shaped by his own life experiences.

Bapi Das at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Updated on:

02 Mar 2019, 3:26 pm

Bapi’s work titled, ‘Missing Route 1’, hand stitch on cloth

‘Missing Route 5’, hand embroidery stitches

‘Missing Route 5’ (detail), hand embroidery stitches

‘Missing Route 4’, hand embroidery stitches

‘Missing Route 4’ (detail), hand embroidery stitches

Detail of a work by Bapi Das

Missing Route, hand embroidery stitches

Detail of a work by Bapi Das

‘ID Proof’, hand-embroidered stitches

Trajectory - The Shifting Imaginery, hand embroidery stitches

Lost in Translation, hand embroidery stitches

Bapi Das

Kochi Muziris Biennale

Bapi Das

The Auto Raja of Kolkata: Bapi Das presents a slice of life in Bengal at the Kochi Biennale

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