Sohrab Hura’s third solo exhibition in Kolkata, The forest, presented at Experimenter – Ballygunge Place, unfolds across oil paintings, works on paper, and video. The exhibition takes its name from Hura’s ongoing series of oil paintings, in which the forest becomes both a physical setting and a conceptual space. It evokes a sense of waiting—an interval filled with possibilities where narratives may surface, dissolve, or remain suspended.

Within this framework, the forest becomes a site charged with ambiguity and emotional resonance. It can conceal secrets, offer refuge, or provide a sense of solace. Hura’s images move between these registers, drawing on the tension between the visible and the unseen. His practice embraces the poetic potential of the everyday, finding meaning in quiet gestures and understated moments.

At the core of Hura’s work is an attentiveness to the social and political as they emerge through ordinary life. Love, joy, relationships, and familial bonds anchor his visual language, grounding broader concerns in personal experience. Whether through the intimacy of his painted surfaces or the immediacy of his drawings, Hura invites viewers into a world where the mundane becomes transformative, charged with memory, emotion, and slow-burning revelation.