Rina Banerjee, Mother gathered Three or no more dirty black stones, tossed them to sky that could break what had hardened her ground and without frown or flirt of flower father like grease or butter slipped aside to free her from forty and some more grown men who held her as housewife like plant life with three or no more daughters, 2017, acrylic on two wood panels with sequin fabric collage, 80 x 40 x 2 in
“Komal Shah started collecting art just 10 years ago and recalls being too nervous at her first auction to even pick up the paddle…. While that was her first and last visit to the auction house floor (she prefers to call in), the Rina Banerjee piece she won, It rained so she rained, still has pride of place in her breathtaking California estate. And all these years later, it’s in great company. Making Their Mark is a new book that celebrates the work of Banerjee alongside 135 other women artists featured in the expansive collection Shah has built with her husband, investor Gaurav Garg.”
