The Way I See - Ganesh Haloi
Date: 20 December, 2025
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Venue: KCC, 4th Floor
OPEN TO ALL
Watch the special screening of ‘The Way I See – Ganesh Haloi’, an interview-documentary film by Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon, presented by Ushaarth Art Foundation at Kolkata Centre for creativity presents AMI Arts Festival, 2025.The film traces the quiet brilliance of Ganesh Haloi, one of India’s foremost modern artists. Through long-form conversations and archival fragments, the film follows Haloi’s life across time and terrain, from his childhood in Mymensingh to his migration during Partition, and the slow unfolding of his artistic language in Calcutta.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with poet, author, and art critic Shri Prayag Shukla, who will share his reflections on Haloi’s art and enduring influence. The filmmaker will introduce the evening, setting the tone for a rare exchange between memory, image, and thought.
About the Artist
Ganesh Haloi (b. 1936) is a leading modern Indian painter known for his meditative abstractions rooted in memory and landscape. Having migrated to Calcutta after Partition, his art reflects a deep engagement with loss, space, and rhythm. He has worked as a copy artist at the Archaeological Survey of India where he created replicas of the Ajanta murals for seven years. Haloi’s works blend structure and lyricism, evoking a quiet dialogue between the tangible and the imagined. He lives and works in Kolkata.
About the Speakers
Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon is the Founder of Ushaarth Art Foundation (est. 2019), a not-for-profit dedicated to fostering awareness of Indian visual arts, especially among the youth. She has directed The Way I See, a series of interview-based documentaries chronicling the lives and practices of leading Indian artists, screened at major art institutions across the country. She has also edited Celebrating Ambadas and co-edited The Era of Jagdish Swaminathan. She lives and works in Delhi-NCR.
Prayag Shukla is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, art critic, curator, and editor with over fifty books to his credit. He has served on editorial boards of Kalpana, Dinaman, and Navbharat Times, and founded the journals Rang Prasang and Sangna. He has curated numerous exhibitions, including Drawing ’94 and Tribute to J. Swaminathan, and authored Swaminathan’s biography, Swaminathan Ek Jeewani. He recently co-edited The Era of Jagdish Swaminathan and has pursued painting since 2020.
