Carved Contour happens to be a solo exhibition that will be showcasing some selected work by artist – Jamini Roy. This 42 day exhibition will be highlighting 80 handpicked work of this 20th century artist, open to public view for the first time. One can feast their eyes to Jamini Roy’s drawings and paintings from the Ravi Uma Jain estate.
The paintings by Jamini Roy, student of Abanindranath Tagore, draws inpsiration from the Kalighat paintings of Calcutta and Pat style that can be seen in rural Bengal. The canvas for her work ranges from cloth, board as well as paper; showcasing subtle images of women clad in saree, village dancers and animals placed near madonnas. With critic scholar Uma Nair as the curator, the exhibition Carved Contours, is a depiction of Roy’s inspiration from the Kalighat paintings of Calcutta and the ‘Pat’ style of rural Bengal.
Carved Contour happens to be a solo exhibition that will be showcasing some selected work by artist – Jamini Roy. This 42 day exhibition will be highlighting 80 handpicked work of this 20th century artist, open to public view for the first time. One can feast their eyes to Jamini Roy’s drawings and paintings from the Ravi Uma Jain estate.
The paintings by Jamini Roy, student of Abanindranath Tagore, draws inpsiration from the Kalighat paintings of Calcutta and Pat style that can be seen in rural Bengal. The canvas for her work ranges from cloth, board as well as paper; showcasing subtle images of women clad in saree, village dancers and animals placed near madonnas. With critic scholar Uma Nair as the curator, the exhibition Carved Contours, is a depiction of Roy’s inspiration from the Kalighat paintings of Calcutta and the ‘Pat’ style of rural Bengal.