Overbody at Usdan Gallery Featured in Boston Art Review
Boston Art Review featured the Usdan Gallery exhibition Overbody: New Works by Sreshta Rit Premnath in its roundup of fall’s must-see museum shows across New England. Overbody is on view at Bennington College through December 6.
Writes Jameson Johnson in Boston Art Review:
"Whether through writing, bookmaking, sculpture, or drawing, Sreshta Rit Premnath’s practice consistently questions the borders and barriers—whether physical or systemic—that exert control over human bodies. For years, Premnath has created 'slumps' that resemble bodies, but are rendered in such a way that they are contorted or affected by precarious sculptural forms. At Bennington’s Usdan Gallery, these invisible forces are the 'overbody'—a metaphor for political power’s coercive weight. The still 'slumps' can appear hauntingly lifeless or full of potential and resilience, depending on how you approach them. Premnath suggests the latter through a collaboration with Butoh dancers Mina Nishimura and Kota Yamazaki who have extended the sculptures into radical movement scores."