REBA HORE
Akara Modern
1926 -2008
Born in West Bengal, Reba Hore studied at Calcutta University and the
Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata. Hore completed her
graduation in Economics and became an active member of the Communist Party in
1948. She lived and worked in Kolkata, New Delhi, and Santiniketan. Actively
involved in politics from a formative age, she participated in the tumultuous
student movements in Kolkata in the 1950s and was deeply moved by the human
misery she encountered during the Bengal Famine of 1943 - an experience that
continued to resonate in her practice.
Hore is an expressionist and her practice is rooted in the everyday
life that occupies her vision sometimes revealing a gaze form the inner knot of
experiences. She had worked with a range of mediums such as, water colours,
mixed media, Oil paints, pastels and even terracotta. Her works reside in
several private and public collections in India and abroad. She participated in
major national and international exhibitions.
Images
Exhibitions
Stillness In Motion August 17 - September 18 , 2023
India Art Fair 2022 April 28 - May 01 , 2022
