The exhibition titled “Ae Mohabbat” at Delhi’s Alturaash Gallery features problematic artwork representing stories. If “Melancholy Kiss of Heer Ranjha” captures an intimate second among the enthusiasts with metaphorical references — from a hoofed human (deer imagery of freedom in Buddhism) and a lion (image of pride) — Mirza-Sahiba’s “Immortal Love Story” creates the brand new global icon having the protagonists seated on a horse; here, we see, angels with bows and arrows perched with flowers.
Recreating a scene from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1914 Bengali novel “Parineeta”, Chakraborty includes the golden deer Maricha from the Ramayana within the depiction. “Parineeta is a whole woman. She offers herself for her domestic and family. I tried to create that photograph of wholeness,” says the graduate from Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, who has exhibited globally over, from London to Australia. In his preceding works, the primarily Delhi-based professional artist has drawn from mythology and tradition.
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“My works are born from my experiences dating back to my childhood, the many street dramas I watched in West Bengal, and the many memories I have. These defined my practice as well as the works of the greatest Bengal writers and poets. For me, a work of art brings together the fabric of socio-cultural customs and visits both the past and the present, ”explains Pradiptaa Chakraborty, 43.
The ongoing exhibition additionally consists of preparatory drawings for the canvases. “In an innovative departure from the institutional definition of drawing, he makes use of his reliance on paper because that is the essential aid material, to create those drawings that push the traces throughout the aircraft into actual space, as a result, asserting the relation among the items of the artwork and the surroundings created. His strokes go with the drift like fluid realities to create drawings which can be straight away compelling and charismatic,” writes Nair in the catalog.
