Lyrical Reflections | Painting

lyrical

ref lections

twenty two contemporary Indian artists

13th june – 2nd july 2014

alok uniyal Alok Uniyal's art is multihued and ďŹ gurative. It is rich in color and full of spirit. He employs vibrant color to unfold his story. There is charm and intrigue in his work as he exposes romanticism with wit and sensuality. He uses layers of paint to acquire the even surface of the background in his work. His images are beautiful and meticulously painted which make them splendid and imaginative works of art.

In the present series he is inspired by the beautiďŹ cation of our city and its adoration by the inhabitants. The couples are engaged in their lives, their lovemaking, even as the impression of the roads and maps are shown on their bodies. The bull is the symbol of the city which is beautiful, powerful and provides shelter to all. He has therefore named the present series – 'Anatomy of a City'.

alok uniyal

LR/P01

head | 20"x20" | acrylic on canvas

`29,000.00 $500.00

alok uniyal

LR/P02

two ďŹ gure | 20"x20" | acrylic on canvas

`29,000.00 $500.00

anand panchal Anand uses bright and effervescent colors which emanate a lively feeling to the overall outlook of his work. His backgrounds are enlivened with an abstract play coupled with an amalgamation of textures and strokes. His strokes and geometrical abbreviations of paper boats and other images weave the subtle nuances of thoughts, dreams and aspirations of these pious souls.

He uses forms like paper boats, cows, floral clusters and musical instruments. These add to the metaphorical and allegorical aspects of the work. His works have an essence of fantasy and vastness due to his conscious use of abstract spaces grants.

In this piece, Anand's treatment of the picture surface is a combination of texture and flat application, finished rendering and impasto, granular and smooth. The textual renditions of 'mantra' and 'shloka', add to the spiritual aspects, yet they never disturb the flow of the visual rhythm.

anand panchal

LR/P03

untitled- I | 16"x16" | acrylic on canvas

`28,000.00 $500.00

anand panchal

LR/P04

untitled- II | 16"x16" | acrylic on canvas

`28,000.00 $500.00

gopal chowdhury His paintings are concerned with human ďŹ gures. Mythology, folklore and religious stories nurtured his childhood. As a natural consequence the contemporary world is projected through the kaleidoscope of his early memories. His forms are very close to realism yet the given space seems to be deconstructed in terms of those forms. These may be assets of conventional vocabulary and is never attempted to render an intense version of distortion. These are conscious efforts to modify the natural appearances in order to arrive at the intense expressiveness of realism.

Gopal is neither concerned nor impressed by the fragmentary appreciation of the formal beauty of a scene. He feels that the central problem in self-expression, in terms of painting, is to arrive at an estimation of what constituted in his total vision. He feels the need to deďŹ ne the experience of a time-span to reect values which are contemporary in art but also perennial and transcendent in nature. As an ideal spectator, he seeks to state his commitment to interpreting natural phenomena with a pictorial vocabulary which is the product of a process within the self, and is intrinsically personal.

gopal chowdhury

LR/P05

confession | 36"x36" | acrylic,oil on canvas

`1,10,000.00 $1900.00

gopal chowdhary

LR/P06

wings of butteries | 36"x36" | acrylic,oil on canvas

`1,10,000.00 $1900.00

gautam mukherjee Gautam Mukherjee is a sensitive artist. He is sensitive towards his subjects, which mainly revolve around his family. They are not mere portraits of his family members but are embodiments of the values a family holds for him. With the birth of his child, recently, his works now reect the love and bonding that a child brings into a family.

Gautam's style has evolved over a period of time. His colors have brightened. The characters, which were somber in his earlier works, have become cheerful. But the focus of his creations has always been the family with emphasis on the close bonding between them. This is depicted in his works by the physical contact with each other, be it husband - wife, mother-child, grandparentgrandchild or between siblings. Gautam's work is characterized by the attention to composition, background and detailing of the people. The people in his works are dressed in traditional Bengali attire and jewellery in the backdrop of an environment that is reminiscent of the old Kolkata havelis. All these motifs are enhanced by Gautam's use of deep and rich hues of color.

gautam mukherjee

LR/P07

couple | 9"x30" | acrylic on canvas

`36,000.00 $600.00

gautam mukherjee

LR/P08

charulata | 24"x24" | acrylic on canvas

`63,000.00 $1100.00

gurukinkar dhang Gurukinkar Dhang is an Indian contemporary and modern artist born on 20th July, 1976 in Howrah, West Bengal. He lives in Pantihal, Jagat Ballavpur, Howrah & Kolkata. He is inspired by Sigmund Freud. Gurukinkar started painting since he was 15 years old drawing inspiration from Freudian theories on the unconscious mind, sexual desires transference and the like.

The conict between human beings and society takes form on 24 of his acrylics on canvases. He believes that though civilization took place several millennia ago, yet human beings possess a few remnants of pre-historic fragments within themselves. This intrigues him. He started painting when he was 15 years and has been doing so ever since, drawing inspiration from Freudian theories on the unconscious mind, sexual desires transference and the like.

gurukinkar dhang

LR/P09

civilization now VIII | 36"x36" | acrylic on canvas

`63,000.00 $1100.00

guru kinkar dhang

LR/P10

ower II | 36"x36" | acrylic on canvas

`63,000.00 $1100.00

jagannath paul Jagannath Paul is famous for his skillful rendering of the female forms with charcoals and acrylics on canvas. He paints human ďŹ gures and portraits. He creates an interaction with other elements in his paintings. His works feature stylized portraits, with stylized forms like owers and oral patterns in the background. There is a lot of use of light and dark. He creates elegant, elongated and cubic portraits, whose eyes are often closed. The images in his creations appear thoughtful and contemplating. His paintings are mostly bright and vibrant. He often uses contrast colors. His palette is restricted to reds, yellows, greens and oranges. His paintings are often dominated by black. He paints both single and group portraits. The use of vibrant colors adds depth and force to his works. Jagannath has successfully created a signature style at a very young age.

jagannath paul

LR/P11

bond of love | 18"x18" | charcoal & acrylic on canvas

`53,000.00 $900.00

om swami Om Swami is a self-taught artist. His works are renowned for their uidity and the movements of its subjects. His oils and acrylics are painted in bright vibrant colors and even though no movement is depicted one can feel the energy within each painting.

The tenor of Om Swami's paintings adhere to an approach which showcase human emotions of love and sensuality with bold, thick strokes thus evoking a deep emotional response in the viewer.

The 'she' highlighted in his paintings is a comprehensive revision of certain traditional aspects – the archaic woman, who has been a part of the human consciousness for ages.

om swami

LR/P12

moods I | 24"x24" | acrylic on canvas

`70,000.00 $1200.00

om swami

LR/P13

moods II | 30"x48" | acrylic on canvas

`1,50,000.00 $2400.00

oinam dilip Oinam Dilip portrays ideals of beauty and conventional bonds through serenity and expressions of hope in bold, vibrant swathes of colour, relations , responsibility and innocence form recurring motifs in this Manipuri artist's works. His creations project a sense of wonder at the multifaceted realities of the world. Dilip is known for his larger than life solitary ďŹ gures, predominantly drawn from mythology. He loves to play with a colour palette that is bold and vibrant.

oinam dilip

LR/P14

eternal love- I | 17"x17" | acrylic on canvas

`35,000.00 $600.00

oinam dilip

LR/P15

eternal love- II | 17"x17" | acrylic on canvas

`35,000.00 $600.00

paramesh paul Paramesh Paul is a self-taught painter. His use of color differs from the conventional ways of painting and gives him the avor of originality. He is a proliďŹ c painter who works with one eye on nature and the other on life. The 41-year-old artist was born into a family of potters from rural Bengal. This association with the art and craft of pottery and building of clay images of Durga and other Gods and Goddesses, since his childhood, has induced sculptural sensibility in him. The religious centres of Benaras, Haridwar and Hrishikesh have been the subjects of his work. Water appears as a dominant theme in his painting. However, he is not restricted to religious sites. He paints the cities of Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai with the same zeal.

paramesh paul

LR/P16

benaras I | 36"x48" | acrylic on canvas

`90,000.00 $1500.00

paramesh paul

LR/P17

benaras II | 30"x48" | acrylic on canvas

`76,000.00 $1300.00

prasenjit sengupta Prasenjit Sengupta paints chiselled ďŹ gures of men, women & children against pock- marked walls, which not only take the form of a textural backdrop, but also have their own story to narrate. His canvases are infused with pathos. Prasenjit uses soft pastel shades of greyish blue, pale green or haunting beige to convey his realistic and intense feeling for the subject. Within a muted monochrome scheme, one can appreciate Prasenjit's simplicity of concept and depth of execution. Prasenjit Sengupta studied ďŹ ne arts at Rabindra Bharati University,Kolkata. He has done several solo shows at New Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi, Mumbai and at many other places in India and abroad. He has participated in several group shows abroad. Among many awards won during his painting career some prestigious ones are Birla Academy of Art & Culture Award in '94, '99 and 2000. His works are in the collection of RPG Enterprises, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, ABC India Limited, Lalit Kala Academy, Burdwan Palace and many private collections in India and abroad.

prasenjit sengupta

LR/P18

lady with ower | 42"x42" | acrylic on canvas

`1,80,000.00 $3000.00

raghunath sahoo Anand uses bright and effervescent colors which emanate a lively feeling to the overall outlook of his work. His backgrounds are enlivened with an abstract play coupled with an amalgamation of textures and strokes. His strokes and geometrical abbreviations of paper boats and other images weave the subtle nuances of thoughts, dreams and aspirations of these pious souls.

In this piece, Anand's treatment of the picture surface is a combination of texture and flat application, finished rendering and impasto, granular and smooth. The textual renditions of 'mantra' and 'shloka', add to the spiritual aspects, yet they never disturb the flow of the visual rhythm.

raghunath sahoo

LR/P19

memories | 16"x20" | water colour on paper

`35,000.00 $580.00

raghunath sahoo

LR/P20

vilage life | 22"x14" | water colour on paper

`35,000.00 $580.00

samir sarkar Samir Sarkar has been painting for the past 25 years. He has experimented a lot with forms and mediums as he evolved as an artist. He combines Impressionism and Surrealism on his canvas.

All his paintings show people wearing headgears with faces painted on them to symbolize the dualistic nature of people. For the last 15 years, acrylic color has been the main medium for Samir's paintings. His ďŹ gures are inspired from Egyptian paintings. Thus the ďŹ gures are drawn in the same form. The clothes that they wear have long lines making them look taller and in a way, Egyptian. Samir draws his subjects from the people he cohabits. They inspire him to produce more, to experiment and thereby create his own world – the world he wants to share with the rest.

samir sarkar

LR/P21

love I | 36"x36" | acrylic on canvas

`73,000.00 $1200.00

samir sarkar

LR/P22

love II | 36"x36" | acrylic on canvas

`73,000.00 $1200.00

sekhar kar The paintings of Sekhar Kar depict men and women in swirling masses of color with cesspools of emptiness for eyes. This allows the viewers the freedom to interpret the emotions depicted in a variety of ways, though the overall painting is bathed in sadness and mystery.

Sekhar Kar studied at the Rabindra Bharati University. He has had ten solo shows and has participated in over a hundred group exhibitions including at some of the very prestigious galleries in India like the Vadhera Art Gallery (Delhi) and the Jehangir Art Gallery (Mumbai). He has won numerous awards from well-known art academies and institutions.

sekhar kar

LR/P23

lady 1 | 31cmx31cm | acrylic on canvas

`42,000.00 $700.00.00

sekhar kar

LR/P24

lady 2 | 26cmx24cm | acrylic on canvas

`35,000.00 $600.00

sekhar roy The works of Sekhar Roy are distinct by their bold, vivid strokes and bright colours. He is best known for his figurative artworks. Over the years Sekhar Roy has developed a unique style of his own. His paintings have strong shading with clear differentiation between light and shade.

Sekhar is a self taught artist who finds his motivation from songs by Rabindranath Tagore, Folk Music and Folk Songs and instruments like Fluit and Sitar. Sekhar is influenced by the works of M.F. Hussain and Ganesh Pyne. In his work Sekhar aspires to project that supremacy of human beings in this whole universe. Humanity is the creation of man and at the same time man evolves from humanity - this is the theme of his painting.

sekhar roy

LR/P25

green couple | 16"x48" acrylic on canvas

`56,000.00 $900.00

sekhar roy

LR/P26

krishna 2 | 42"x42" | acrylic on canvas

`84,000.00 $1400.00.00

shuvankar maitra Shuvankar Maitra's works speak of bright colors and miniscule details against deeper backgrounds. His “nature works” stand out vividly against their dark backgrounds, making it seems as if the picture is illuminated from within. Every detail is distinct and delicately shaded creating an attractive panorama which is extremely soothing to the eyes. Shuvankar was born in 1979. He has had several solo and group exhibitions in India and abroad.

He graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata in 2003. He has been awarded the Certificate of Honour received from the Academy of Fine Arts (Visual Art Section), Kolkata in 1998 and Certificate of Merit from Domous Art Gallery,Kolkata in 1999.

shuvankar maitra

LR/P27

forest | 36"x24" | acrylic on canvas

`38,000.00 $600.00

shuvankar maitra

LR/P28

sun ray | 36"x24" | acrylic on canvas

`38,000.00 $600.00

srinivas mouni Srinivas Mouni deals with subjects which are intrinsically personal. Politics, society and acceptance of human nature inspire him. His motifs – the text, the birds and human figures can be interpreted within the purview of society and logic and these also depict mass human behavior.

His perceptions evolve out of his own realizations and from the conflicts within him. He uses objects which are either of regular importance or are products of the fusion of subconscious objects related to his thought process.

There is a poetic essence in the objects which he signifies in order to convey his understandings.

In this context, the text acts as a catalyst. Motifs like birds denote the individual which further acts within the interaction between life and society. There is a curious paradox in the linguistic approach of the artist where he fuses Realism with Abstract in his works.

srinivas mouni

LR/P29

untitled- I | 36"x36" | acrylic,oil on canvas

`70,000.00 $1200.00

srinivas mouni

LR/P30

untitled- II | 24"x24" | acrylic,oil on canvas

`42,000.00 $700.00

steven gandhi Steven Gandhi's works reect his perceptions from understanding the society. These evolve from his realizations and conicts within his own thoughts. His works use dates which denote they are either of regular importance or a fusion of imaginative objects related to his thought process.

Steven Gandhi has lived in multiple cultures in several times and places, with changing trends and these have had profound effect on the artist's existence. There is a complex blend of popular elements with religious, historical and mundane in his art.

The present series is done in water color on paper. The choice of images like portraits and animals reciprocate to popular icon or religious symbols. In this silhouette the artist juxtaposes images of chaotic city and village events. These are viewed as digital camouage. This visual interprets the difference between life in city and the same in village.

steven gandhi

LR/P31

cow | 20"x26" | water colour on paper

`60,000.00 $1000.00

steven gandhi

LR/P32

calf | 20"x28� | water colour on paper

`60,000.00 $1000.00

subrata das On his canvas Subrata creates poetry through visual imagery as he brings about his philosophy of personal realizations, sensations and feelings in the language of art. This time his works focus on the world of Krishna, from its exotic symbolism to the mundane metaphor where Krishna and the common man unify and share the oneness between them.

Subrata creates the essence of the divine love of Radha-Krishna along with the realization of the Greater Self of Lord Krishna. Subrata applies minute detailing of strokes, impeccable drawing skill and use of colors, to recreate and re-live the Lord through the thought process of the common man. Shri Krishna becomes a symbolic identification for the common man struggling to accomplish his goal amidst joys and sorrows, love and despair, unification and isolation. The flute becomes the mark of identity of this struggle with an explicit focus. Radha is the realization of love, passion and fulfillment of desires as the most coveted partner of this human struggle for existence.

subrata das

LR/P33

tune of life | 36"x36" | acrylic on canvas

`67,000.00 $1100.00

subrata das

LR/P34

radha | 30"x30" | acrylic on canvas

`60,000.00 $1000.00

subrata ghosh Subrata draws his inspirations from the enlightened heritage of Indian classical art. The subject of his paintings is the tranquility and divination of the Ajanta figuration and Gupta sculptures. The floral elements, rhythmic plants and creepers and flying birds decorate the face and figures of his creation with the message of divine contemplation. Multiple layers of paints are applied on these paintings in order to bring out the ultimate effect.” Nirvana”, Radha-Krishna, Ganesh Janani and non-mythological themes are the predominant subjects of his paintings. Subrata Ghosh has perfected his unique style of layering his canvasses with jewel toned hues and then, painting faces, be they women, deities or Buddha heads, using various shades of white. The rainbow hues emerging from his canvas give an ethereal aura to the serenity of his studies.

subrata ghosh

LR/P35

umanandan | 24"x34" | acrylic on canvas

`74,000.00 $1200.00

subrata ghosh

LR/P36

silent love | 24"x34" | acrylic on canvas

`74,000.00 $1200.00