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  • Sarnath Banerjee, Censorship (detail), 2009, silk screen on paper, twenty-four segments, each 8 x 8".

    Sarnath Banerjee, Censorship (detail), 2009, silk screen on paper, twenty-four segments, each 8 x 8".

    Sarnath Banerjee

    Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA)

    Best known for his graphic novels Corridor (2004), The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers (2007), and The Harappa Files (2011), Berlin-based Indian artist Sarnath Banerjee expanded the presentation of his cultural and historical research with “History is Written by Garment Exporters,” a collection of artworks consisting of drawings, prints, films, collages, sketchbooks, and appropriated items such as books and sneakers. Influenced by the oral cultures of third-world cities, imbued with a deep sense of the local, and interweaving the imaginary and the real, Banerjee holds a magnifying glass up to the

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