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Debjani Banerjee: Jalsaghar
11 July 2026 to 6 September 2026
On NowCritic score
4/5
From 1 rating
Debjani Banerjee transforms the gallery into a sensory 'music room', blending film, sculpture and installation to explore Bengali heritage, mythology and her English upbringing. Free entry.
From The Bluecoat
Jalsaghar is a solo exhibition by Debjani Banerjee that explores the relationship between the artist's Bengali heritage and her 1980s upbringing in England. Across film, sculpture, and installation, her work playfully merges traditional craft, religious imagery and modern culture, encouraging audiences to think about what it feels like when different ways of life interplay. The title Jalsaghar means 'music room' in Bengali, and comes from Satyajit Ray's 1958 film of the same name....
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The Guardian
Ben Eastham
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"Banerjee's surreal juxtapositions do not banalise high culture, in the sense of bringing it down to the level of daytime television. Instead, they serve to re-enchant everyday life, bringing the Indian gods into a quintessentially British world of anthropomorphic vacuum cleaners and ghastly carpets."
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Debjani Banerjee: Jalsaghar
11 July 2026 to 6 September 2026
On NowCritic score
4/5
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Debjani Banerjee transforms the gallery into a sensory 'music room', blending film, sculpture and installation to explore Bengali heritage, mythology and her English upbringing. Free entry.
From The Bluecoat
Jalsaghar is a solo exhibition by Debjani Banerjee that explores the relationship between the artist's Bengali heritage and her 1980s upbringing in England. Across film, sculpture, and installation, her work playfully merges traditional craft, religious imagery and modern culture, encouraging audiences to think about what it feels like when different ways of life interplay. The title Jalsaghar means 'music room' in Bengali, and comes from Satyajit Ray's 1958 film of the same name....
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The Guardian
Ben Eastham
Debjani Banerjee review: is that a Henry hoover – or a Hindu deity?
"Banerjee's surreal juxtapositions do not banalise high culture, in the sense of bringing it down to the level of daytime television. Instead, they serve to re-enchant everyday life, bringing the Indian gods into a quintessentially British world of anthropomorphic vacuum cleaners and ghastly carpets."
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