"Tradition in Modernity" Recent Sculptures by Tapas Sarkar at Chawla Art Gallery, Square One Mall, Saket > 11am-7pm on 25th October to 30th November 2013
Time : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm (Monday Closed)
Event Description : 'Tradition in Modernity' Recent Sculptures by Tapas Sarkar.
Tapas Sarkar has always strived to connect himself with the cultural root, where the indigenous tradition has played a vital role. This is a general trend of our modern and modernist sculpture also, this search for the traditional root, both classical, folk or primitive and the assimilating it with the Western modern and modernist forms. His inspirations from his predecessors have kindled in him the spark of creativity, where rootedness to living tradition acted as a point of departure, which has ultimately brought him to the creation of a series of sculptures under the title ‘The Babu, the Nayika and the Cat’ based on the urban-folk forms of the paintings famously known as ‘Kalighat Pat’ developed in 19th century Calcutta around the temple of Kalighat. This series was first exhibited at Indian Art Fair 2012 held in New Delhi.
The bronze and fibre-glass sculptures displayed in the present show posit all the characteristic and visual philosophy of his works mentioned above. The lyrical lines, the rhythmic volume, the concentrated mass emerging out towards the dynamic outward surface from the still central core, creating the negative space through synchronization of positive volume, the rhythmic distortion of mythical figures from naturalistic conventions – all these aesthetic attributes of his works postulate his position as a modern and modernist sculptor emanating traditionally oriented contemporary values. Apart from the bronzes of mythical and humanist subjects of his well known genre in this show there are six pieces of his ‘Kalighat Pat’ based works, four of which are in coloured fibre glass and two in bronze. In developing these witty, humorous, lyrically rhythmic yet socially critical forms he has displayed a kind of post-modern values in the evaluation of a defunct tradition and using it to transpire some of the intrinsic features of contemporary life. Asserting the traditional root to appraise the contemporary values, both societal and aesthetic, is the essential feature of the sculptures of Tapas Sarkar, whereby he has built up a very stable position in contemporary sculptural field of India.
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Place : Chawla Art Gallery, Square One Mall, Saket, New Delhi 110017
Place : Chawla Art Gallery, Square One Mall, Saket, New Delhi 110017
Event Description : 'Tradition in Modernity' Recent Sculptures by Tapas Sarkar.
Tapas Sarkar has always strived to connect himself with the cultural root, where the indigenous tradition has played a vital role. This is a general trend of our modern and modernist sculpture also, this search for the traditional root, both classical, folk or primitive and the assimilating it with the Western modern and modernist forms. His inspirations from his predecessors have kindled in him the spark of creativity, where rootedness to living tradition acted as a point of departure, which has ultimately brought him to the creation of a series of sculptures under the title ‘The Babu, the Nayika and the Cat’ based on the urban-folk forms of the paintings famously known as ‘Kalighat Pat’ developed in 19th century Calcutta around the temple of Kalighat. This series was first exhibited at Indian Art Fair 2012 held in New Delhi.
The bronze and fibre-glass sculptures displayed in the present show posit all the characteristic and visual philosophy of his works mentioned above. The lyrical lines, the rhythmic volume, the concentrated mass emerging out towards the dynamic outward surface from the still central core, creating the negative space through synchronization of positive volume, the rhythmic distortion of mythical figures from naturalistic conventions – all these aesthetic attributes of his works postulate his position as a modern and modernist sculptor emanating traditionally oriented contemporary values. Apart from the bronzes of mythical and humanist subjects of his well known genre in this show there are six pieces of his ‘Kalighat Pat’ based works, four of which are in coloured fibre glass and two in bronze. In developing these witty, humorous, lyrically rhythmic yet socially critical forms he has displayed a kind of post-modern values in the evaluation of a defunct tradition and using it to transpire some of the intrinsic features of contemporary life. Asserting the traditional root to appraise the contemporary values, both societal and aesthetic, is the essential feature of the sculptures of Tapas Sarkar, whereby he has built up a very stable position in contemporary sculptural field of India.
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"Tradition in Modernity" Recent Sculptures by Tapas Sarkar at Chawla Art Gallery, Square One Mall, Saket > 11am-7pm on 25th October to 30th November 2013
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