Sculptures made out of bronze and fibre embody the spirit of motherhood, kinship and society — these works by Suvendu Mondalseem resilient and symbolic. Five artists, P. Kashyap, Babita Singh, Tapan Karmakar, Suvendu Mondal and Ranjan Sarkar from across various States are presenting their take on contemporary art at the State Gallery of Fine Arts.
Tapan Karmakar's work's are rich and vibrant in colour. Men and women appear distinguished in his works, as he strays away from realistic portrayals by adding a style of strict jaw lines and bone structures. The eyes and the nose have strong lines. The eyebrows, it is interesting to note, are joint and have a strict ‘v' shape and mouth almost always agape and the eyes are hollow. He says that it isn't meant to be symbolic but is a pattern that he follows. Tapan creates a visual texture by layering different colours, creating a torrid and vivid expression on the canvas.
Ranjan Sarkar's works are thought provoking, his work's titled Observation and women have a Frida Kahlo influence and what you see on the canvas is the subject and his thoughts, muddled up, showcased through a lattice of colour.
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P. Kashyap's canvasses are filled with larger than life figurines from another period of time. The figures have been created merely through fine dabs of the brush, giving a smoke-like effect to the representations of the body. His works evoke substance and an earth-like quality as you see in many of his frames that two bodies are emerging from differently coloured soils.
Babita Singh's pieces offer surrealistic insight as she wonderfully chalks out the equation between mother and child. You're free to interpret the large gamut of colour that is posited in front of you — splashed on the canvas.