“I had an idea about what an award could mean to Sarnath Banerjee but I nevertheless had planned to ask him about that. Sarnath was shortlisted for this year’s Abraaj Group Art Prize 2015 at Art Dubai along with Setareh Shahbazi, Mounira Al Solh. It was finally won by Yto Barrada. But, Sarnath didn’t go to the function. He casually tells me that he went out shopping to get a new pair of chappals in Dubai. “I didn’t know it was a big affair. And I didn’t know that I had to be there. So when I reached for the party, I was not being let in because they didn’t recognise me,” chuckles the artist sipping hot chocolate at a restaurant…”
