Modern to Contemporary

S. Harshavardhana

Untitled

Mixed Media on Paper
30 x 20 inches
76.2 x 50.8 cm
2007

INR 1,10,000/-

S. Harshavardhana

Untitled

Mixed Media on Paper
30 x 48 inches |76 x 122 cm| 2007

INR 275000/-

BUWA SHETE

b 1960

Buwa is unafraid of size and flirts outrageously with color. He
uses everyday themes like parent and child (“Father and Child”,

“Mother and Child”), and subject matter like priests and
turbaned village men and turns them into a profusion of bold
strokes and color, rendering contemporary, modernist images in

rough, strong brush strokes that border on the fantastic.

Buwa Shete

Mother & Child

Oil on Canvas
36 x 36 inches| 91 x 91cm
2007

INR 3,25,000/-

displayed view

SUBRATA GANGOPADHYAY

b 1959

In his works, the poetic sequences with its reliance on visuals instead of
dialogue, represented Subrata at its best. Instead of reductionism, the
Subrata’s desperately blatant detailed additivism left a permanent mark on
the minds of art-lovers of Kolkata – and which still run rampant today.
Greeted by the doyen Satyajit Ray himself, Subrata’s magnificience in
dramatization of Characters, was a right recognition. Gangopadhyay’s
enormous Painting depicting long lost Bengal glories and realities are still
preserved in the Banquet Hall, Bengal Club, Kolkata Subrata was
prestigiously offered to execute a few full bust of great Indian personalities
from the Government bodies/Museums which may be found in the Victoria
Memorial Kolkata Blessed with a rare capacity to depict this visible world,
own surroundings, people and their living everywhere, palace to palanquin,
dust to Shelter, the earth to heaven.

Subrata Gangopadhyay

Dupurbela

Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 inches | 91 x 122 cm
2021

INR 3,50,000/-

A work of art which
did not begin in
emotion is not art.

Paul Cézanne

Subrata Gangopadhyay

Daandia

Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 42 inches | 91 x 107 cm
2021

INR 3,50,000/-

SOMENATH MAITY

b 1960

The self - professed artist is known for his oil paintings of urbanscapes and
structures. His abstract work tries to unveil the inner beauty that lies in a
city that people generally fail to notice. Aptly titled as “Structure”, the
artist’s work with strong vibrant brush strokes explores the architectural
blueprints of a structure from an artist’s point of view.
One of Bengal’s important new emerging painters, has displayed his work
in many Indian and European galleries. The artist has held multiple solo
exhibitions including Germany and the United Kingdom. His paintings are
included in the prestigious permanent collections of the National Gallery of
Modern Art and the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi, the Fukuoka
Museum in Japan.

Somenath Maity

Structures

Oil on Canvas
30 x 30 inches| 76 x 76 cm

INR 1,58,000/-

Somenath Maity

Structures
Oil on Canvas
40 x 40 inches |101 x 101 cm

INR 3,75,000/-

PRATUL DASH

B 1974

Pratul Dash is a conscientious human being who believes that the
most vital role of an artist is to work towards uplifting society. Born in

rural Orissa, Dash grew up enjoying the openness of landscapes
untouched by man. New Delhi however, came as a rude awakening
to the artist, who spent over a year in the bustling metropolis while

pursuing his Master’s degree at the College of Art there.

Pratul Dash

On Higher Grounds

Diptych
Oil on Canvas
108 x 48 inches | 274 x 122 cm

Price on Request

Pratul Dash detail

PRASANTA SAHU

B 19768

Commingling pictures and text, Sahu borrows motifs from the mass
media. The black and white photographic images adopt a
documentary style of address, presenting a snippet of everyday
reality, such as we would be likely to find in a newspaper or
magazine clipping. Yet, in Sahu's oeuvre, this process of citation
operates on multiple levels.
The artist is intensely aware of the pictorial surface of the canvas.
Monochromatic pictures are contrasted with vividly painted areas and
abrasions on the canvas form interesting textural motifs. However, in
his work Sahu moves away from the high-modernist obsession with
the formal properties of the painted surface. The paintings operate as
performative gestures connecting the realms of art and society.

Prasanta Sahu

The Act of Touching

Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 96 inches| Diptych
122 x 244 cm |2007

Price on Request

SAJAL SARKAR

b 1963

As an artist of Indian diaspora in the US, he have finally stepped out
of his comfort zone and begun exploring an uncharted avenue.
Embracing fresh ideas by casting aside over-saturated ones is part of
his nature, but he had not indulged in it enough in the middle phase of
his life in Baroda. Human figuration dominated his visual thinking,
hardly allowing any other experimental possibilities. In fact, a couple of
years before moving to the US, he fully recognized the stagnancy in his
thinking and my creative output, which was devoid of anything fresh
and provocative.

Sajal Sarkar

Power Play

Oil on Canvas
72 x 48 inches |183 x 122 cm

INR 4,50,000/-

displayed view

RAJESWAR RAO

b 1960

People have been my muses – always. The labyrinth of external
resource- just superficial amazes me. Soaking in the pleasures,
desires, wants and needs of the maze of people around me and who
I come across, I celebrate their appearances, their happiness – their
courage to flaunt, decipher themselves with an new abandon
thrashing their inhibitions if any and creating cervixes in the social
milieu to fit into the ‘high society’. Pretensions are a need here that
alternate into a necessity. I am concerned with the ‘high’ of these
pretensions - so what if one loses oneself in the muddle of confusions
and ununderstandability over the time. That would be an entirely
different canvas - maybe later.

Rajeswar Rao

Untitled

Watercolour on Paper
14 x 30 inches
36 x 76 cm

INR 2,50,000/-

Rajeswar Rao

Untitled

Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 30 inches|61 x 76 cm

INR 3,00,000

CHHATRAPATI DUTTA

b 1966

He is a skilled multimedia artist who studied art at Visva Bharati
University in Santiniketan, and his practice explores the issues of
post-colonial India, such as the rising consumerist culture of a
developing nation through the lens of the city of Kolkata. Dutta
employs subtle colours and textures to articulate complex symbols
and moods, and is influenced by myriad sources. The artist is
presently a lecturer at the Faculty of Visual Arts at the Rabindra
Bharati University in Kolkata.

Chhatrapati Dutta

Untitled

Media Media on Canvas
48 x 36 inches
122 x 91 cm

INR 4,80,000/-
NOW 1,40,000/-

Chhatrapati Dutta

Untitled

Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 24 inches
76 x 61 cm | 2007

INR 2,25,000/-
NOW 90,000/-

AKHILESH

b 1956

Akhileshs paintings appear to be a collection of beginnings. But there are
no ends. His work gives a feeling of being left unfinished and yet it does
not seem incomplete. It is not possible to look at it in terms of a beginning
leading to an end. The way he uses lines may lend a certain linearity to
his work but these lines seem to melt into the canvas, refusing to lend
typical linear characteristics to his work. His paintings appear to be full of
freshness and the colours resonate with emotions. He does not delve into
virginal territory. Rather he sticks to familiar ground. It is his method of
translating familiar territory on to canvas that imparts an individual
characteristic to his work. His paintings do not scream for attention and
have little to offer to the casual, hurried viewer. But for the patient
observer, they are an enriching experience.

Akhilesh

Untitled

Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 30 inches|76 x 76 cm

INR 2,50,000/-

CHANDRA BHATTACHARYA

b 1961

Chandra Bhattacharjee's canvases are languid and far removed from the
urban world. Dusky men and women exist in an ethereal realm

untouched by the madness of everyday city life, carrying out their daily
chores. Bahttacharjee's compositions are influenced by the rural and tribal

associations that he had an opportunity to work with; particularly the
'Santhal' tribe of Calcutta. The textural quality of his paintings is strongly
reminiscent of the traditional mud walls of these villages, smeared with

cow-dung.

Chandra Bhattacharya

Untitled

Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 36 inches | 122 x 91 cm |2016

INR 6,00,000/-
NOW 3,00,000/-

Chandra Bhattacharya

Untitled

Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 36 inches | 122 x 91 cm |2016

INR 6,00,000/-
NOW 3,00,000/-

PARTHA SHAW

B 1971

Shaw works mainly with landscapes, but handles them in a very contemporary
fashion. Instead of using abstract methods of representation, Shaw, along with
some other Bengal artists, has used figures in his paintings to represent what he
wants. This movement has very aptly been termed "Figurative Symbolism," a
conscious effort to exhort the virtues of the non-abstract. Shaw explains his work
and inspiration, "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."

Partha Shaw

Untitled

Mixed Media on Board
30 x 20 inches | 72 x 51 cm

INR 1,50,000/-
Now 85,000/-

JAYASHREE CHAKRAVARTY

B 1956

Inventing her own art making techniques, using organic material and
varied kinds of papers, her installations in the form of paper scrolls
remain unique in their conceptions and execution. Her works are
autobiographical and dream-like in nature. Her ink on paper sketches are
exercises in transition and transform personal experience into mystical
truth. She experiments with an exciting variety of media like rice paper,
tissue and cellophane. In her works, she uses superimposed forms, quite
like the sketches that cave painters worked on before they mapped them
on the walls of caves. Her imagery, because of her fluid and transparent
images, reflect the present mood of the world, which is fluid in itself. At a
mere conventional and figurative level, her works reflect the unity of man
with nature. Motifs such as dogs, waves and serried crescent shapes
recur in her works.

Jayashree Chakravarty

Jayashree Chakravarty

Untitled

Mixed Media on Board
27 x 39 inches | 69 x 99 cm| 2017

INR 12,50,000/-
Now 7,00,000/-

SANATAN DINDA

b 1971

His art, both sculpture and painting, engages in a dialogue between
tradition and modernity. Today, his work can be considered to be a
prime example of contemporary Bengali visual culture. For last few
years, Sanatan has been trying to stress upon traditional clay-
sculpting – primarily the local popular sculpture of Mother-goddesses
– as an extension of mainstream art within the domain of modern
installation art practices
His acceptance is far and wide, from Buckingham Palace to Sachin
Tendulkar’s drawing-room. His exhibitions have been appreciated
both at home and abroad.

Sanatan Dinda

Yugpurush

Conte & Dry Pastel on Paper
20 x 28 inches | 51 x 71 cm |2016

INR 1,50,000/-

Sanatan Dinda

Yugpurush

Conte & Dry Pastel on Paper
20 x 28 inches | 51 x 71 cm |2016

INR 1,50,000/-

Sanatan Dinda

Untitled

Conte & Dry Pastel on Paper
20 x 28 inches | 51 x 71 cm |2016

INR 1,50,000/-

The principles of true
art is not to portray,

but to evoke.

Jerzy Kosinski

ARINDAM CHATTERJEE

b 1982

Arindam Chatterjee is an acclaimed abstract artist who was born in
Kolkata. He received his diploma in painting from Visva Bharati
University, Santiniketan in 1977. Chatterjee has participated in several
group exhibitions, and has had a solo exhibition of his works at Tao Art
Gallery in Mumbai and Akar Prakar in Kolkata. In 1998, he was awarded
the H K Kejriwal Memorial Award and in 1997, he won the Silver Prize in
the Drawing and Design Exhibition at the Kyoto Art College. His work is
currently held in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art in
New Delhi and various private collectors.

Arindam Chatterjee

The Crazed Moon

Oil Acrylic, Charcoal & Pastel on Paper
47.5 x 36 inches | 121 x 91 cm | 2009

INR 2,50,000/-
Now 1,50,000/-

AMIT KALLA

b 1980

In his works there is an attempt to create a world through text where indices of
silence speak; undiluted, compressed vibrations are realized. His work gives a
feeling of being left unfinished and yet it does not seem incomplete. It is not
possible to look at it in terms of a beginning leading to an end. The strength of
Kalla’s work is that it represents an Indian artist’s quest for an indigenous tenor
rather than a superficial inventory of native motifs, there is nothing about his
work that relies on a static Indian Identity. In the context of the New India with
its glamour and explosive economics, he is searching for a new representation of
the innermost dramas of his culture while maintaining universality and
individuality. Kalla demonstrates that a painter can enact the innermost dramas
of his culture while maintaining the individuality, even the idiosyncrasies of his
performance There is a certain naivety in both his painting and writing which
represents detachment but contains too a knowing gesture of assurance. His
poetry & art works both are spiritually intuited.

Amit Kalla

Untitled

Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 24 in |61 x 61 cm

INR 40,000/-(each)

OINAM DILIP

b 1982

In early years, Oinam experimented with abstract and realist forms
of art, which were inspired by the metro cities of South Asia.

However, gradually the artist felt the need to freely experiment
with the culture and vibrancy of North East India, a place where he
belonged. He wanted to portray his homeland on the canvas, they

way he sees it. His work is inspired by archetypal images, the
nature and surroundings and the tangible cultural objects.

Oinam Dilip

The Iconic Marilyn Monroe

Acrylic on Canvas
36 inches dia | 91.44
cm (dia) 2021

INR 1,50,000/-

I never paint dreams or
nightmares. I paint my

own reality.

Frida Kahlo

Oinam Dilip

Frida Kahlo XIV

Acrylic on Canvas
48 inches | 122 cm (Dia)

INR 2,50,000/-

ANIL KR. YADAV

b 1984

Trying to stay as true to the subject, Anil’s works appear photographic or
naturalistic. The religious Ghats of Varanasi and Haridwar and other ancient
places attracted him for their cultural heritage. His artwork is a photographic
rendition of the antique doors, temples, old architecture and other memories from
his childhood. Anil’s talent lies in his ability to capture the mysticism and
spirituality of his memories. His works hold a beauty that cannot be described in
words.
A common theme in his paintings is a depiction of a cluster of brass bells in
shades of faded gold draw that the attention to the manner in which the artist
has chosen to highlight them. The canvas looks like as if the metal objects were
in conversation with one another. The red background behind bears a testimony
to their clandestine conversations. The purpose isn’t determined nor is the
actuality. But it is there as a question, a realisation of the mood identified as
ordinary but holding something secret, guarded as if it were sacred.