Shreyasi Chatterjee

In Shreyasi Chatterjee’s artwork the idiom “a stitch in time, saves nine” takes on a profound metaphorical meaning. Particularly, in the context of a woman’s role as a wife, a mother and a private person. It is usually the woman who patches up things to accept, to mend for security or improvement. Thereby getting a layered  humanity and sensitivity. She uses stitches to animate the surface and perhaps also suggest the steps of human thought. Says Shreyasi, “At one level I’m trying to appropriate the language of creative craft so that it assumes a metaphorical significance.” Ms. Chatterjee’s work is not only metaphorical, it also has architectural elements of a cityscape. This series titled “Crossroads” created by using ordinary Tant (Bengal Cotton) sari (to denote asphalt) and a variety of colourful fabrics and textiles. In the ‘gas cylinder’ a floral printed textile is employed, showing that the energy of a household is in the kitchen and is feminine. Although Ms. Chatterjee’s art pieces are deeply contemplative, they are also essentially celebratory.

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