| Malay Chandan Saha |
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Daubs and swathes of vivid colour laid with broad masculine brushstrokes onto his surfaces, instill a rich ambience and happy vitality into this artist’s small-format, jewel-bright landscapes. Semi abstracted though they are, Malay’s suggestive compositions illustrate the descriptive possibilities of a sensitively wielded palette. Space and form are not merely defined, but acquire substance and evocative resonance from imaginative handling of pure chromatic hues and contrasts. Whether portraying the swirl and clarity of waves of bright water flanked by blue hills, the framing of dark silhouettes by the richness of a scarlet sunset or the sober rusticity of rocks and an unmanned boat nestled against the gaiety of a technicolor beach, the artist’s often geometrical application of color strokes, build depth and drama into his compositions.
Malay’s is a happy art, marvelous for the way it combines simplicity with emotion. He creates a born-again, pristine world of fresh colours, untainted by doubt and unclouded by indeterminate weather or the defacements and complexities of contemporary life. Yet here is no escapist’s vision, but rather the primal sensuous delight of a child in an unsullied, sun-lit world – an emotional antidote to our times, that can be as true and healing as it is universally applicable.
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About the Artist
Born: 1961 Kolkata
Art Education: 5-yrs. Fine Arts course from Indian College of Visual Arts, Kolkata
Selected Exhibitions and Participation
Several major Group shows in Kolkata, Mumbai, N. Delhi, Chennai, Bhopal, Amritsar, Nagpur, Patna and USA.
Solo Exhibitions
• 2003 Chemould Art Gallery Kolkata
• 2002 Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata
• 2000 Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai
• 1997 Nehru Centre Mumbai
• 1997 ABC Academy of Art & Culture Varanasi
• 1997 Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata
• 1996 ‘Murmurs’ Srishti Art Gallery Lucknow
• 1995 Triveni Kala Sangam N. Delhi
• 1994 Jharoka Art Gallery, Hauz Khas, N. Delhi
Group Exhibitions
• 2006 Academy Of Fine Arts Kolkata
• 2006 Contemporary Art India, Bengal Club Kolkata
• 1998 “We are Four” Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata
• 1998 “Ganesha” Domus Art Gallery Kolkata & N. Delhi
• 1998 ‘Green Blob’ org. RAD Grand Hotel Kolkata
• 1997-1998 Gallery La Mere Tollygunge Club Kolkata
• 1997 Y.B. Chavan Pratisthan Art Gallery Mumbai
• 1997 Annual Exhibition South Zone Cultural Centre Nagpur
• 1997 Annual Exhibition Academy of fine Arts Amritsar
• 1997 All India Show of U.P, Lalit Kala Academy Lucknow
• 1997 ‘Phalguni’ Gallery La Mere Kolkata
• 1996 ‘Chatak ‘96’ Nehru Center Mumbai
• 1995 ‘Variety Gallery La Mere Kolkata
• 1994 Indian Bienniale Bharat Bhavan Bhopal
• 1993 -1995 Eastern Region Art Exhivition by Rashtriya Lalit Kala Kendra, Kolkata & Visva Bharati Santiniketan
• 1989 –1992 1995 Annual Exhibition Birla Academy of Arts & Culture Kolkata
Selected Awards
• 1995 Shilpa Kala Parishad, Patna
• 1995 ‘Perfect Health Mela’ Award, World Health Organization, N. Delhi
• 1996 Bombay Art Society
• 1996 Avantika Award, N. Delhi
• SCZCC
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