Sangita Datta
Active since 2013
Sangita Datta (b. 1987) is a visual artist based in Kaladham, Greater Noida. Her practice remains anchored in the oral life history of her mother, grandmother and other womenfolk. In her work, Datta looks at the intricacies, interiorities and the muted horror of daily abandonment that is common everywhere in the lives of women but particularly in West Bengal where she grew up. Her investigations are expressed as layer-painted prints, material assemblages, mixed media, canvas paintings and sculptural objects. Increasingly, through her own migratory disorientations, Datta’s works explore the theme of homemaking—a burden that's inevitably gendered, and attempts to engage the user to ask the question, "What are the materials homes are really made of?".