‘The first time I felt art in my nose’: why a critic missed the point when he called my exhibition meaningless

Projects like London’s Backyard Biennial East are collective endeavours aiming to reach people who feel excluded by art galleries In 2018, on the outside wall surrounding the entrance of the National Theatre of Bangladesh, I first encountered a work by the artist Reetu Sattar. A group of musicians were perched on construction scaffolding, all dressed in white and playing a single note on the harmonium – an instrument used in Bengali classical music. Together, they produced a low hum that seem...

By Laisul Hoque