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Speaker 1: From the turn of the twentieth century to the modern day,

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Speaker 1: colorful prints depicting gods, goddesses and tales have lined the

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Speaker 1: streets of Kolkata, India, and now the work of these

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Speaker 1: print makers is getting its time in the spotlight. The

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Speaker 1: exhibit is called Divine Color, and Laura Weinstein, the curator

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Speaker 1: of South Asian and Islamic Art, tells me the color

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Speaker 1: work in these prints is key.

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Speaker 2: These are devotional objects that could be used for worship

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Speaker 2: of Hindu divinities, and so the color is part of

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Speaker 2: what gives them their visual impact. And that's important because

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Speaker 2: people were supposed to feel affected by these works of art.

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Speaker 2: They're supposed to feel the presence of the God when

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Speaker 2: they're doing a ritual, and color contributes to that.

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Speaker 1: The exhibit dives into the relevance behind and the process

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Speaker 1: to create these vibrant prints and how they exploded into

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Speaker 1: popularity in Bengal. Weinstein sees a lot of parallels between

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Speaker 1: then and now.

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Speaker 2: They were always trying to one up each other, and

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Speaker 2: I love to see that kind of competition and iteration.

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Speaker 2: It reminds me of the present day and how people

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Speaker 2: are always trying to kind of like get out there

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Speaker 2: with their imagery and get followers and get market share,

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Speaker 2: and that people to be creative.

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Speaker 1: The exhibit runs through the end of May. From the MFA.

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Speaker 1: Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's news radio