WRITE UP OF SAJAL KANTI MITRA

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       THROUGH THE WINDOW

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AT D.D.NEROY GALLERY,MUMBAI

     19 -25TH JULY'2010

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WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW,A MULTI-COLOURED COLLAGE PRESENT ITSELF

.BUT WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE DEPENDS ON WHO WE ARE. SIMILARLY,WHEN ONE

APPROACHES THE WINDOW FROM THE OUTSIDE,THE COLLAGE INSIDE THE  WINDOW

FROM THE OUTSIDE,THE COLLAGE INSIDE WINDOW CHANGES AS PER THE ON LOOKERS

PERSPECTIVE.

     WHEN 'THE WINDOW' BECOMES THE KEY-WHOLE TO ONES MIND, THE PERSON'S JOY,

SORROW,LONELINESS. FANTASY,LAST,LONGING -THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF EMOTIONS

BECOMES VISIBLE TO US.THIS IS THE REASON I HAVE NAMED THIS EXHIBITION-

'THROUGH THE WINDOW'.

     ALMOST ALL THE PAINTINGS OF THIS EXHIBITION ARE SMALL IN SIZE.FOR THIS

.FOR THIS I HAVE KEPT THEIR TEXTURE COMMENSURATE WITH MINIATURES.

.KEEPING THE SUBJECT IN MIND I HAVE USED DIFFERENT LAYERS OF COLOURS

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      IN THE 'GOUACHE' PAINTINGS I HAVE INCORPORATED MY EXPERIENCE OF WATER

COLOURS WHICH I HAD GAINED IN MY INITIAL YEAR OF ART-COLAGE. I HAVE TRIED TO

PRODUCE A VARIED TEXTURAL EFFECT BY COMINING 'THIN ' AND 'THICK'COLOURES IN THE

'ACRYLIC' PAINTINGS.THE OBSERVERS WILL NOTICE VARIED USE OF SPACE IN THE

PAINTINGS.

      I HAVE TIRED TO SHOW THE COARSENESS OF LIFE THROUGH THE USE OF ROUGH

TEXTURES.

      I HAVE CONSCIOUSLY AVOIDED CRUELTY, BLOOD LETTING ,VIOLENCE,POVERTY,DEATH-

ALL SUCH DISTURBING EMOTION IN MY WORKS.  WHEREAS MY CHILDHOOD, ADOLESCENCE

,THE IMAGINATIONS OF A YOUTH, THE SYMBOITIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND

NATURE- ALL THESE ARE RECURRENT THEMES IN MY WORKS.

      THE HUMAN FACE ,WITH ALL ITS VARIED EXPRESSIONS MOVES AND INSPIRES ME A LOT.

I HAVE KEPT QUITE A FEW PORTAITS IN THE EXIBITION.

       BESIDE THE FORMAL TRAINING OF THE GOVT.ART COLLEGE,I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY

INFLUENCED BY  MY FATHERS EXPERTISE WHICH HE GAINED  IN 'SHANTINIKETAN'

FROM SUCH MASTERS AS BINODBIHARI MUKHOPADHYAY. ABBANINDRA NATH TAGORE

AND OTHERS.

                  THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE BOTH

 INSPIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM MY TEACHERS, FRIENDS, CONNOISSEURS,

ART-CRITICS AND MY STUDENTS. SO WITH A HAPPY HEART I DEDICATE MY EXHIBITION

TO ALL OF THEM, THEY ARE THE TRUE FORCE BEHIND MY CREATIONS.

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