Chiaroscuro

Sanjay Banerjee Artist

A solo exhibition of artist Sanjoy Banerjee

Date: January 18, 2023
- January 25, 2023

Place: Chhobi-o-Ghor Art Gallery, 16 Lake Temple Road, Kolkata - 700029

Concept Note

Monochromatic paintings are not new, and I am not trying to add to this genre. I have spent the better part of my life in the midst of the Chota Nagpur plateau. So, it's only natural that it inspired me. The plateau blends into my small town like a spent wave. Hills, rivers, and expansive stretches of green land surround it. For years, I have rendered nature creatively with a multitude of colors. However, it changed with this pandemic. The pandemic took a lot from each one of us. One had to witness the phenomenon of human life being reduced to mere statistics. Apart from the loss of near and dear ones and the constant threat of mortality, there was this life of confinement. I was running out of colors - literally and metaphorically. It was nature that came to my rescue, but this time it seemed more mysterious. I was trying to capture the same thing but with a different flavor. Nature blesses us with her abundance. However, the way we perceive her is dependent on our state of mind. My paintings hold a mirror to my mind. Sanjoy Banerjee

About the artist Sanjoy Banerjee

Sanjoy Banerjee

Sanjoy Banerjee was born in 1966 in Kolkata, India. After completing his diploma from the Birla Academy of Fine Arts, he participated in more than 80 group shows and 6 solo shows in various cities across India. He has also been awarded 6 National Awards, including the prestigious Indra Dugar Best Water Colour Award from the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, in 2011 and the Rajya Charukala award from the West Bengal Government in 2001.

Banerjee was also invited to many national and International camps like the Kerala National Water Colour Camp (2019), 'Kala Samannay’16 held at Deoghar by the Jharkhand Government, etc. Sanjoy is a highly accomplished artist whose works have been exhibited extensively and have won several awards, both nationally and internationally. Sanjoy lives and works in Kolkata.

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Sanjoy Banerjee
Title: Untitled

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