"Kingdom of Exile: A Rabin Mondal Retrospective" an exhibition at Delhi Art Gallery, 11, Hauz Khas Village > 10:30am to 7pm on 22nd December 2014 to 14th February 2015

Time : 10.30 am to 7:00 pm (Sundays closed) Add to Calendar 22-12-2014 10:30:00 14-02-2015 19:00:00 68 "Kingdom of Exile: A Rabin Mondal Retrospective" an exhibition Event Page : http://goo.gl/Otl4Sh Delhi Art Gallery, 11, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi - 110016 DD/MM/YYYY - Exhibition on View

Entry : Free

Venue : Delhi Art Gallery, 11, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi - 110016
Venue Info : www.delhiartgallery.com | Nearest Metro Station - 'Green Park(Yellow Line)'
Area : Hauz Khas

Event Description : "Kingdom of Exile: A Rabin Mondal Retrospective" an exhibition.

Delhi Art Gallery is pleased to present the retrospective of Rabin Mondal, whose artistic oeuvre stands uniquely apart even within the extraordinary diversity and range of modern Indian art. Belonging to the post-Independence generation of modernist artists in Bengal, Rabin Mondal grew up with experiences of the Bengal Famine, debilitating childhood illness and the strife and suffering of the violence-torn years in Calcutta of the 1960s and 1970s. These deeply marked his psyche and found expression in his art, as he trained his unrelenting gaze on the darkness in the human soul, plumbing society’s underbelly in his continued explorations of the themes of corruption of power, alienation, suffering and tyranny. His expressionistic imagery, figuration, colours and compositions that have been compared with primitivist and tribal art heighten these themes, overwhelming the viewer who is permitted no escape from their claustrophobic confines, terrifying for their unremitting hopelessness.
Conveying great power and strength of artistic intent, Rabin Mondal’s art is a significant milestone in Indian modernism, made stronger by his unswerving commitment to his art during his entire career in rejection of populist and market demands. This retrospective, it is hoped, will bring that much needed revisiting of his art and recognitionto this very unique Indian modernist.

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