Dwip Gallery opens its doors this June to an exhibition by Mong Mong Shay and Shawon Chisty, joined by fellow artists whose works navigate the tangled relationship between the self and the structures that surround it. Running for fourteen days from June 21 at Lalmatia, the show reflects not only art, but also the restless act of questioning. Each piece unfolds from lived experiences, carrying fragments of doubt, desire, and resistance. Seen together, they create a space where questions linger longer than answers, urging us to look closer and think deeper.
We live in a society layered with power, sometimes subtle, sometimes stark. It dictates what we can say, how we can live, and even what we dare to ask. Within these layers, each of us shifts roles, sometimes silent, sometimes resistant; sometimes complicit, sometimes seeking change. The exhibition begins from this fragile space, between personal desires and social demands, between a citizen’s hopes from the state and the state’s weight upon the citizen.
Every work shown here emerges from questions: some born from solitude, others from collective dialogue. At first glance, the questions may feel disjointed, too many threads, too many directions. Yet, like strands of a single fabric, they come together to reveal a shared reality of our time. In their making, the artists have leaned on one another, disagreeing, debating, and finding unity even in their differences.
What gives this exhibition its power is not answers, but the act of asking itself. The artists remind us that the urge to question is not new; it is a continuum that has existed through generations, across lives and histories. Here art becomes a vessel for thoughts too heavy to carry alone. Each work holds a fragment of this shared search. Together, they invite us to sit with the weight of questions, rather than rush toward conclusions.
In a world where certainty is often demanded but rarely found, these works allow space for doubt, for weight, and for wonder. The questions may seem impossible, but perhaps that is their very point. They remain, echoing, pressing, and urging us not to stop asking. In their persistence, they remind us that inquiry itself is a form of resistance. And in that act of asking, we find the courage to imagine new possibilities.
