The Telegraph_Front page_Orisha_| Monday , February 3 , 2014 | Bhubaneswar, Feb. 2: Paintings and sculptures based on philosophy and spiritualism have been presented at an art exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademi here. Titled Utsriji, the exhibition displays creations that inspire the viewer to question the self and take a moment to introspect. Twenty-three artists from Odisha, Jharkhand, Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam and Bihar have showcased their paintings, drawings and sculptures at the exhibition that began last Tuesday. Hosted by the Utsriji Satstang Art Forum of Jharkhand, there is a history of spirituality behind the art show. The Satsang Ashram Deoghar in Jharkhand originated the group exhibition in 1991. Since then, the show has toured around India in places such as Calcutta, Hyderabad and is hosted in the Ashram every year. At the show in the city, the artists have chosen subjects that depict religious icons and divinity. Shibasish Das has presented a touching painting in acrylic on paper titled Devotion. He has only painted two legs with nails hammered through the bleeding feet. Veteran artist Shaktipada Jana’s wash painting Baul brings alive the mysticism of the ascetic singers of that community. Buddha, an oil painting by P. Kashyap, uses textures of varying colours and beautiful technique of light and shade to successfully portray enlightenment. Gati Krushna Behera, Saurav Jana, Rajib Deyashi and Sujit Sahoo have also portrayed religious idols and symbols. Tapan Karmakar has blended love and divinity in his work on Radha-Krishna. Some other artists have chosen nature as their subject to understand life. Naresh Chandra Prusty, Srikant Das, Kailas Malkhede have displayed a study of nature in their works. Sudarshan Sahoo’s installation in fibre and wood displaying skulls of cattle and Subrat Dutta’s flowers that resemble tulips made of wood and steel are interesting as is Suvendu Mandal’s bronze and fibre sculpture of a mother’s love. There are also some paintings with contemporary treatment like those by Sitikanta Samantsinghar that show the irony of urban life that has lavish buildings and also extremely poor and Ranjan Sarkar in his painting on life after Earth. Some striking works in this genre are by Moumita Sarkar Das, Pradeep Patra, Shiladitya Basak and Swagatika Bhoi. Mixed media creation by Rajesh Behera and Manas Ranjan Senapati are also interesting. Babita Singh’s intense painting Birth is impressive. “The paintings and sculptures have some fascinating concepts. It is quite a treat for the art lover,” said Uttam Parida, a viewer.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 06:48:51 +0000
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