By Pradosh Swain
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Pradosh Swain - Longing Past III - 24 x 60 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on canvas
Inclusive of shipment in a roll form.
"Pradosh’s paintings have a surrealistic quality, the imagery is dreamy and mystical and rendering is such as if there is some kind of romance and magic happening amongst the colours in his palette. His paintings are the result of brilliant culminations of feelings and things that are between imagination and reality."
Style :
Pradosh’s works can be described as psychic automatism in its pure state. His works are expressive and his palette vibrant and gorgeous. Nature is the frequent imagery that we see in his paintings. Sometimes his imagery is outlandish, perplexing and uncanny as it is meant to shake the viewer and make them to think beyond the theories which they have guarded themselves with.
Lot of elements that we see in pradosh’s paintings also come from his childhood days in Odisha. His paintings often take us on a nostalgic ride where we see elements which we were so used to and have now learnt to live without. He uses common elements that we see in our day to day life to convey his feelings and thought which makes his works all the more interesting. His paintings leave the viewer perplexed at the first glance but a deeper look gives the insight into his thoughts that instigate him to create.
Pradosh’s paintings have a surrealistic quality, the imagery is dreamy and mystical and rendering is such as if there is some kind of romance and magic happening amongst the colours in his palette. His paintings are the result of brilliant culminations of feelings and things that are between imagination and reality. They reflect his genuine concern about issues he feels for. He emphasizes on the power of imagination and believes that revelation could be found anywhere….on the streets and in everyday life. Through his paintings artist depicts the notion that how our high pace life is making all of us loose that contact from the nature or even with ourselves.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : 1972 , Orissa.
Education :
1994 : Bachelor in Fine Arts from Utkal University.
1989 : Diploma in Photographic from College of Education and Technology, Bubaneswar
2005 : Certificate Course on Reprography from National archives of India, New Delhi.
2007 : Conservation of Art Objects from National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow.
Solo Exhibition :
Inter National Group Show by Ashok Art Gallery, New Delhi.
Look Now, Lucknow Rastriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Lucknow – 2007
Kalingana, Birla Academy, Kolkata – 2006
FIFA world Cup – 2006, Orissa State Museum, Bhubaneswar – 2006
Yatra, Venkatapa Art Gallery, Bangalore – 2006
Towards Horizon, Jayadev Bhawan, Bhubaneswar – 2006
Jagannatayan, Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar – 2005
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Category
2010s Contemporary Susan Goldsmith Mixed Media
