JANUS ART GALLERY PRESENTS The Legacy & The Continuity AN EXHIBITION OF DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS & SCULPTURES NEHRU CENTRE Discovery of India, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worly, Mumbai- 400018. 13th-19th March 2018 11am to 7pm daily. 842A/1, Upen Banerjee Road, Parnasree, Behala Kolkata: 700060, India www.janusartgallery.com, email: [email protected] +91 9830060206, +91 9331840678 Bengal Panorama : The legacy and The Continuity The revivalist art of Bengal which dominated the art scene of late One of the best among his generation of Calcutta nineteenth and early twentieth century in India went through a painters, Bijon Chowdhury occasionally painted radical change under the leadership of artists and art educators of mythological works apart from socio-political almost every important art centre in the country. The art school themes, whereas Lalu Prasad Shaw mainly focused established by the British already positioned Calcutta a major art on his babu-bibi series in tempera or gouache. centre. Against the mythological and romantic subjects of the Drawing from mythology and history, Ajoy Ghosh Bengal school, Santiniketan, under the guidance of Rabindranth mastered wash technique of Abanindranth Tagore. Tagore directed towards universal understanding of art where Portraying the diversity of Bengal modernism, the western modernism, styles, mediums were taught and studied exhibition incorporates spontaneous drawings by along with native artistic subjects and forms that created an Indian Nandalal Bose, a sketch by Jogen Chowdhury, a modernist language. Before Independence, the Indian style and narrative canvas by Isha Mahhammad, a nude by academic realism in the metropolitan Calcutta and the newly Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy’s still-life, and a formed Indian modernism at Santiniketan were primarily practiced. portrait by Partiosh Sen of his old servant. Whether In the 40s, famine-stricken Bengal, social movements, freedom and it be Chatrapati Dutta’s cityscape, Rabin Dutta’s Indian Independence movement found reflection in art and shehnai player, Chandra Bhattacharjee’s portrait or literature, turning practices into movements, and the artistic Aditya Basak’s allegorical composition, each work expression became an expression of the self and one’s stands on its own. Recent trends of the surrounding. contemporary Bengal are represented here by Suvajit Samanta’s works dealing with environmental Highlighting the artistic continuity of modern and contemporary issues, miniature bronzes depicting human psyche Bengal, the works of Bengal Panorama are chosen from the and struggles by Animesh Mahata, psychological private collection of the gallery. Featuring several styles, genres, drawings of Debabrata Sarkar, Nabanita Shaha’s periods, themes that have been prevalent throughout the history of cityscape, Saumen Khamrui’s modernist tempera, Bengal modernism, the exhibition showcases over fifty artworks by Pradip Das’s hint to mindless consumerism a range of modernists, including master artist Nandalal Bose, Ajoy including Parbir Bera’s depiction of carnal love. Ghosh, Paritosh Sen, Bijon Chowdhury, Bipin Behari Goswami, Prokash Karmakar, Isha Mahammad, Sunil Das, Suhas Roy, Lalu Connected, only by the geographical confines of shaw, Jogen Chowdhury, Rabin Dutta, Chatrapati Dutta, Chandra Bengal, the artists and art works on display include Bhattacharjee, Aditya Basak and a few like-minded young artists. not just some of the most important names of the region, but also works of individual stylistic Unlike the 50s artists primarily working in abstraction, Sunil Das importance. devoted himself to figuration and occasionally tried his hand at sculpture. Master sculptor, Bipin Behari Goswami’s patina-coated Rohit Supakar and Hansa Milan kumar are the guest bronze represents his signature style and interest in the modern artists of the exhibition. idiom. Nishant Artists- PRESENTS Nandalal Bose Paritosh Sen An Exhibition of Bijon Chowdhury Prokash Karmakar Drawings, Isha Mahammad Bipin Goswami Suhas Roy Paintings Lalu Shaw Sunil Das Sculptures Ajoy Kumar Ghosh Jogen Chowdhury Rabin Dutta & Aditya Basak Chandra Bhattacharjee Chatrapati Dutta Saumen Khamrui Nabanita Saha NEHRU CENTRE Suvajit Samanta Discovery of India, Prabir Kumar Bera Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worly, Mumbai- 400018. Pradip Das Debabrata Sarkar 13th-19th March 2018 Animesh Mahata Rohit Supakar (Guest Artist) 11am to 7pm daily. Hansa Milan Kumar (Guest Artist) NANDALAL BOSE 1882-1966 Untitled , Medium: Drawing on Paper, Size: 3x5 inches PARITOSH SEN 1918-2008 Puraton Vritya Gopal , Medium: Mixed media on paper, Size:18x12inches BIJON CHOWDHURY 1931-2012 Fair, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size:36 X 40 inches PROKASH KARMAKAR 1933-2014 Untitled, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Size: 36X27 inches ISHA MAHAMMAD Born:1933 Joy Ride, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size:42X44 inches Bipin Goswami Born: 1933 Reader, Medium: Bronze, Size: 13x8x10 inches SUHAS ROY 1936-2016 Flower, Medium: Watercolour on Paper, Size: 19x16 inches LALU SHAW Born: 1937 Babu, Medium: Tempara on Board, Size: 22x16 inches SUNIL DAS 1939-2015 Untitled, Medium: Charcoal on Paper, Size: 30x22 inches Untitled, Medium: Bronze, Size:18x8x7 inches AJOY KUMAR GHOSH Born:1938 Way to Egypt, Medium: Tempera on Paper, Size: 14x15 inches Jogen Chowdhury Born: 1939 Untitled, Medium: Watercolour on Paper, Size:5.5x8 inches RABIN DUTTA Born:1945 Unceasing Melody, Medium: Gouache on Nepali Paper, Size:24X24 inches ADITYA BASAK Born:1953 Myth Making, Medium: Tempara and Acrylic on Canvas, Size: 48x36 inches CHANDRA BHATTACHARJEE Born:1961 Untitled, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Size: 48 x 36 inches CHATRAPATI DUTTA Born:1966 Zebra, Medium: Gouache on Paper, Size: 30x20 inches SAUMEN KHAMRUI Born:1973 Harmony, Medium: Tempera on Nepali Paper, Size: 19x29inches NABANITA SAHA Born:1974 Metaphorical Essence III, Medium: Oil and Print on Canvas, Size: 12x15 inches SUVAJIT SAMANTA Born:1976 Save Water, Medium:Bronze & Metal Sheet, Size: 22 x 3 x 28 inches PRABIR KUMAR BERA Born:1979 Apart, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Size: 42x36 inches PRADIP DAS Born:1980 Miniature - 4, Medium: Acrylic Pigment Rice Paper on Board, Size 21x21 inches withFrame DEBABRATA SARKAR Born:1980 illusionist I, Medium: Ink and water colour on Paper, Size: 30x40inches ANIMESH MAHATA Born:1986 Tu Mere Samne, Medium: Bronze and Wood, Size:12x6x8 inches ROHIT SUPAKAR,(Guest Artist) Born:1972 Flow of Life - 1, Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas, Size: 30 X 30 inches HANSA MILAN KUMAR (Guest Artist) Born:1981 Untitled, Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas, Size: 36X36inch JANUS ART GALLERY is one of the most active and dynamic art houses located in Kolkata. Since its inception in 1998, it has been earnestly collecting and promoting art and soon carved a niche for itself. Focused on the art of Bengal, Janus Art Gallery has an on growing collection of works by artists with commendable heritage value, renowned modern artists and young contemporaries with a promising future. Consequently, the collection has grown not only in number but more significantly in quality and variety. Hence, along with a substantial collection of Old Masters, Janus is also committed to searching for young talented artists, promoting them in the art field and bringing them the recognition they deserve. This approach led Janus to discover less known gifted artists with great potential to make a mark in the art scenario. Janus Art Gallery’s relentless search for such artists has not only made its own collection valuable but also has drawn attention of the critical viewers and the art loving public of the city at large. As an essential part of the process, Janus also organizes exhibitions all over the country. It is worth mentioning that Janus has participated in Delhi Art Summit, 2008, Art expo Malaysia, Kualalampur, 2009 and sent paintings of upcoming artists to Larasati Auction, Singapore in 2007, 2008 and also to 33 Auction, Singapore in 2011. Sri Kallol Bose, who heads Janus, can be credited with the realization and formation of a well-informed and well-researched foundation for a veritable art collection and promotion in the Indian art scene, setting an example through sheer dedication, persistence and professionalism. 842A/1, Upen Banerjee Road, Parnasree, Behala Kolkata: 700060, India www.janusartgallery.com, email: [email protected] +91 9830060206, +91 9331840678.