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Santhal Family is a rough outdoor sculpture, made of cement and laterite gravel. The sculpture shows a Santhal father, mother, their child and dog, carrying a couple of possessions with them. Having left their home behind, the family, most likely migrant labourers, is in search of a new destination to settle and start afresh. The figures are earthy and embody humility. Its subject and medium are in line with modernisation, globalization and industrialization, as they symbolise the dynamism and zeitgeist of traditional Bengal at the time of industrialization.It is currently placed in the compound of Kala Bhavana in Santiniketan. Owing to the unconventional medium, the sculpture is degrading rapidly despite it being roofed.
Santhal Santiniketan Kala Bhavana