Art Ichol Journal

‘FRAMED NARRATIVES’
NARAYAN SINHA
january
2016
Working with found materials, NARAYAN SINHA extracts the essence of
traditional and modernist technology, where evaluating local tradition and
culture and placing this in a global perspective play a significant role. Elevating
the indigenous or local - using junk automobile parts, metal drums etc. are an
essential feature of his work. For this 35-year-old, self-taught sculptor, art is
about celebrating beauty in the mundane.
february
‘STRUCTURES’
Drawings by SOMNATH MAITY and
sculptures by NANTU BIHARI DAS
In taking what the physical eye sees, and tracing this to the subconscious,
SOMNATH MAITY orchestrates a metamorphosis of concrete beauty
into an abstract aesthetic. NANTU BEHARI DAS’ organic sculptures
made of fibre glass, nails and screws, exude an air of irony, melancholia
and anguish; vibrating as if imbued with some inner force.
‘THE WALLS WE LEFT’
PRASENJIT SENGUPTA
march
PRASENJIT SENGUPTA’S paintings of acrylic on canvas depict faces
of indigent children and women against the back-drop of old plastered
walls. They are sometimes embedded in them or framed by a deep
doorway; doubled-up or crouched in the largish niche-like recesses. In
monochromatic colour schemes, of blues, greys, pale greens and gloomy
ambers, he creates an overall mood of pathos devoid of sentimentality.
Painting with a meticulous approach to detail and technical aplomb,
naïve in sentiment and simple in concept, his compositions have a
powerful visual impact.