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Artist Statement:
Life began, like that of any
mortal, with my birth.
However, I started ‘living’
when I began to feel and
register the various nuances
associated with the two
fundamental parts of human
existence – joy and sorrow.
This process was further
augmented by the diverse
associations with like-minded
people which inevitably
develop based on the most
fundamental of human
associations – the prime one
being that of one’s family.
Concurrently, there developed
those emotions which evolve
from the complexities and
tensions linked with
alternating periods of
happiness and grief, hope and
despair. These emotions can
not be properly expressed by
means of language – spoken or
written. It is the
irrepressible urge to express
these very ‘untold words’
which acted as a catalyst to
focus all my attention to
painting. I felt that it is
through this medium that I
could express these complex
and sensual emotions. To me
the very act of interacting
with the canvas is a form of
meditation. Further, with the
hope to rid (or at least
alert) society of its present
state of disjoint – mostly due
to the disharmony that has
plagued us in recent times due
mostly to atrocities in all
walks of life – that ...
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Exhibitions for Sumana Biswas:
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PARTICIPATION
•Annual Art Exhibitions 2001 - 2003, in Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
•A group show at Metropolitan Art Salon, Kolkata in September, 2007.
•A group show at Domas art Gallery, Kolkata in December, 2007.
•A group show at Gaganendra Pradarshashala, Information Centre, Kolkata in March, 2008.
•A group show of ex-students of Rabindra Bharati University at Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata, organized by ”Jorasanko Bichitra” on behalf of West Bengal State Academy of Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts in April, 2008.
•A group show at Shreemati Art Gallery, Kolkata, in June, 2008.
•A group show “Aranya” organized by RAD (Reflection of Another Day) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, in September, 2008.
•A group show at Pegasus Art Gallery, Hyderabad, in September, 2008.
•An Art Fair at Academy of Fine Arts, in association with a group named MAC (Movable Artist Circle), Kolkata, in December, 2008.
•A “Nirvana” sponsored group show at Chitrakala Parishat, in association with a group named MAC (Movable Artist Circle), Bangalore, in January, 2009.
•A group show of 4th Dimension at Karma Art Gallery, Kolkata, in March, 2009
• A sponsored group show at Eye on Art Gallery, Kolkata, from 21st to 26th April, 2009.
UPCOMING SHOWS
•A sponsored group show for “Mentaid” at Karma Art Gallery, Kolkata, from 15th to 28th June, 2009.
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