Artist Debashish Paul Debuts Solo Exhibition With 'A Thousand Years of Dreaming'

Contemporary artist Debashish Paul is getting his first solo exhibition in Kolkata. The multidisciplinary artist is well-known for his explorations of how queer identity rubs up against a society dominated by heterosexual norms. Titled “A Thousand Years Of Dreaming,” the new exhibition is curated by Mario D’Souza and centres around the film “Hazaro Saalon ka Sapna.” It will feature performance stills, drawings and sculptures that examine queer desires against the backdrop of small-town socio-politics, marginalisation and stigma through an autobiographical-fantastical lens of the artist’s own romantic relationship.