“No short-cut in my life!” The statement seemed more of a self-admission. Maybe he could read my mind. Looking at him paint a portion of a wall, adjust frames and re-arrange the sources of light just a day before his debut exhibition at 105 Arts, Sector 11, Chandigarh, the thought did cross my mind – what artist would paint the background wall of a gallery to mount his frames?

But then, Avijit Dutta, an artist from Kolkata, in Chandigarh to conceptualise and curate the group show Blueprint, had a bigger picture in mind. It’s not just a one-off exhibition for him, but a blueprint for Chandigarh to build on for organising future exhibitions; exhibitions, which in his words, would be “zara hatke”. That’s his gift to the city.

He brought along a treasure trove to start with – works of master

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