9+ONE: Interdimensional Journeys Part II, the sophomore group exhibition featuring nine emerging artists whose practices span painting, sketch, relief, experimental ceramics, and installation returns to Edge Gallery
The debut edition of 9+ONE: Interdimensional Journeys gathered eighteen young artists in an experiment of dialogue, perception, and imagination. That exhibition was celebrated as fresh and thought-provoking, reminding audiences that art’s role lies as much in posing questions as in offering answers.
Two years later, Part II carries the spirit forward. This time nine artists step into focus, while the original eighteen remain as the “+ONE” — etched in memory, time, and in the layering of artistic discourse. Their earlier contributions remind us that exhibitions are not isolated events but part of an ongoing dialogue across years, works, and audiences.
You will find pieces that are rather playful in nature, but carry serious messages. Others address complex social issues and uncomfortable truths.
The participating artists in Part II are Anisul Haque Rony, Ashim Halder Sagor, Faizur Rahman Firoz, Mukti Bhowmik, Nur Munjerin Rimjhim, Sadatuddin Ahmed Amil, Tariqul Islam Herok, Tulsi Rani Das, and Zihan Karim. The artworks span modern and contemporary practices, heritage and experimentation. They invite us to sit with uncertainty, to glimpse the invisible, to sense realities shifting just beyond reach. Some pieces bend memory across time; others suggest parallel selves or mutable spaces. Together, they echo the speculative frontiers of science — from string theory to multiverses — without reducing them to explanation. Instead, they offer artistic encounters that help us feel what cannot be proven and imagine what lies beyond certainty.
In curating this exhibition, Edge Gallery re-enters the threshold first marked by its predecessor: the edge where perception falters and imagination begins.
9+ONE: Interdimensional Journeys Part II is both continuation and return, affirming that art exists in dialogue with the past, layered with meaning across time.
The exhibition, which was inaugurated on September 12, will be open to all till October 4, 2025.