Raktim Chatterjee | The Torso and the Heads

■ Curator's Note

Raktim Chatterjee's paintings examine the human condition through distorted and hybrid figures placed within ordinary domestic and social spaces. The bodies function as psychological states rather than representations — shaped by desire, fear, intimacy, consumption, and survival. Working in transparent watercolour on paper, he builds images through multiple layers and deliberate abrasion, suspending each work in the threshold between completion and collapse.

The largest work in this series. The plural — 'the Heads' — implies the dissolution of a single identity. The fragmentation of the body is not violent; it is presented as a question about the multiplicity of the self. The most recent work, completed in 2026.

■ About the Artist

Raktim Chatterjee is a painter and video artist based in Hooghly, West Bengal, India. He studied at the Indian College of Art & Draftsmanship, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata (BVA, 2004), and has exhibited continuously at major art institutions across India, including the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata and the Birla Academy of Art & Culture. In 2012, he participated in the Glenfiddich Artist Program, an international artist residency.

Working primarily in transparent watercolour on paper, Chatterjee builds images through multiple layers and deliberate abrasion — retaining rawness and instability in the finished surface. His figures, situated in ordinary domestic and social spaces, function as psychological states rather than representations, shaped by desire, fear, intimacy, consumption, and survival.

■ Condition & Specs

• Year: 2026
• Medium: Watercolour on paper
• Size: 73.7 × 119.4 cm (W×H)
• Signature: signed · one-of-a-kind
• Condition: Very Good

■ Guarantee

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