Born in Kolkata, India (b. 1963)

Rina Banerjee

It Rained so she Rained, 2009

Ink, acrylic and mixed media on handmade paper
© Rina Banerjee. Photo by Ian Reeves.

Banerjee’s work has long tackled fraught political issues—colonialism, imperialism, capitalism— without coming across as moralizing or heavy- handed. Instead, the artist identifies historical problems and opens them up through material investigations.

Rina Banerjee. Courtesy of Perrotin Gallery

“I could never be a Minimalist artist: I am interested in corrupting fine art with everything I wish for. I want adventure and to feel the same sense of command that I imagine an explorer or a scientist would — like a visitor trespassing.”

—Rina Banerjee

Rina Banerjee

“I could never be a Minimalist artist: I am interested in corrupting fine art with everything I wish for. I want adventure and to feel the same sense of command that I imagine an explorer or a scientist would — like a visitor trespassing.”—Rina Banerjee

“I could never be a Minimalist artist: I am interested in corrupting fine art with everything I wish for. I want adventure and to feel the same sense of command that I imagine an explorer or a scientist would — like a visitor trespassing.”

—Rina Banerjee