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| Partha Shaw |
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19 Candles at the Sea
50 x 40 in.
Acrylic on canvas
2006
Estimates: $6,000-8,000 |
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| Artist Bio |
Born 1971, Kolkata
Partha Shaw is schooled in Santiniketan - a place steeped in artistic tradition and history, initiated by masters like Nandalal Bose and the Tagores, and enhanced by modern and contemporary artists like K.G. Subramanyan, Sunil Das and Dharmanarayan Dasgupta. In Santiniketan, Shaw developed his imagination and creative vision. But despite the overflow of information, he, like most of the other artists there, generated a style of his own and thereby adding to the heritage.. Taking from the unique Indian miniature, Shaw gave shape to his personal vocabulary of artistic expression, which is grounded in Indian tradition but exudes with contemporary modernity as well.
Shaw works mainly in surreal landscapes. In tandem with his Bengali colleagues, his works prioritize figuration. This movement has been aptly termed "Figurative Symbolism." Shaw explains, "Born in the decaying, overcrowded, bustling Kolkata, the profound stillness of shabbily ornamented, architectural remains, that seems to be lost with the upcoming of modern times traverses through my subconscious thus forcing an emergence of mystery and fantasy conjugated in the human presence. The glory that the Indian miniatures carried lost its importance with the roll of time. My searches always tend to glorify this lost gold on a surface that dictates a torn survival in somber darkness. Nowadays I am trying to incorporate traditional Indian miniature art with contemporary modern art. My medium of painting is acrylic. To portray the architectural loneliness I also use some graphical qualities."
The artist lives and works in Kolkata. |
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