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Wong Tsz Mei commented on Amitabh SenGupta's blog post The word Essential"I agree with your point of view. I also have a feeling that the name "art" is mixed with "design"; actually,many pieces should be categorized as design for they are good to the eyes, not necessarily good to our hearts.
We…"
Amitabh SenGupta posted a blog postThe word Essential
I was thinking about the word 'essential' like 'essential commodities. Art does not fall within this category. Yet, can there be a human life without art? So meanings change with context and context too - change. For instance, how often an educated people in urban life pronounce 'I don't understand art' - that is the context at one phase. It is a common experience for any visual artists to hear such remarks. In whatever manner artists would try to argue, common educated man would not think it…See More
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Amitabh SenGupta posted a blog postKolkata Art Trust
The focal point of all activities in Kolkata Art Trust is to generate an aesthetic dialogue within the two domains – artist’s creative process and social. In other words, creating the dialogue within the artists and conveying the meanings further in public life. With time and events, Indian contemporary art has absorbed various roots and gained more vocabulary than ever before. Therefore, the understanding of present trends in art needs more than traditional habits of looking at art. While we…See More
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- 2.7.1941
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- Born in Calcutta 1941
• Graduated in Painting from Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata, 1963.
• Received French Govt. Scholarship in Printmaking and Painting, studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1966-69.
• Ed.M, State University of New York at Buffalo under AICE-UNESCO Fellowship 1981.
• Traveled extensively in Africa, USA, Western Europe, Turkey and Far East.
• Received all India award in painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 1961.
• Received President’s award in painting, All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, New Delhi, 1975.
• Worked in Nigeria as the Head of Visual Arts in two Universities, for a period of eleven years, 1976-87.
• Held solo shows of Paintings in major galleries in India.
• Joined many major group shows and Art Camps in India and abroad.
• Represented by Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York; Art World Gallery, Chennai.
• Founder President of Kolkata Art Trust.
• Area of works: paintings, digital graphics and video-art.
• Published papers on contemporary and folk arts. Forthcoming Book: “Patachitra- folk arts of Bengal”.
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The word Essential
I was thinking about the word 'essential' like 'essential commodities. Art does not fall within this category. Yet, can there be a human life without art? So meanings change with context and context too - change. For instance, how often an educated people in urban life pronounce 'I don't understand art' - that is the context at one phase. It is a common experience for any visual artists to hear such remarks. In whatever manner artists would try to argue, common educated man would not think it… Continue
Posted on January 1, 2011 at 10:35am — 1 Comment
Kolkata Art Trust
The focal point of all activities in Kolkata Art Trust is to generate an aesthetic dialogue within the two domains – artist’s creative process and social. In other words, creating the dialogue within the artists and conveying the meanings further in public life. With time and events, Indian contemporary art has absorbed various roots and gained more vocabulary than ever before. Therefore, the understanding of present trends in art needs more than traditional habits of looking at art. While…
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