Artist Durga Kainthola imaginative world is like a deep dream in which we sink readily. The true source of her compelling compositions appears to lie in her personal sensibility and independent mind...a ceremony of psychic import that the artist justifies through the creation of intricate shapes, forms and colors.
The artist spent a great part of her life in Bombay and was captivated by the impressions of bare feet on sandy beaches. "In spite of the absence of the person themselves, their presence seemed to continue, and that is where I found my path as a painter," she says. As she kept looking at the footprints, they grew upon her as impressions on time, took larger dimensions. Excited her senses and dominated her work.
Humans are dissolutely linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings. Perhaps, I am now looking at an art form which has a considerable history going back over 600 years. Durga Kainthola paintings reminds me of my wonder years i.e. adolescence. My first experience with watercolours back …
Durga Kainthola: My Visual Theatre Durga Kainthola is a renowned Indian artist. Born in Kolkata in 1962, she completed her BFA from Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay (now Mumbai), in 1987 and MFA from MS University, Baroda, in 1989. She has exhibited her works in many prestigious galleries across the country and abroad. Showcasing …
Humans are dissolutely linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings. Perhaps, I am now looking at an art form which has a considerable history going back over 600 years. Durga Kainthola paintings reminds me of my wonder years i.e. adolescence. My first experience with watercolours back …
Durga Kainthola: My Visual Theatre Durga Kainthola is a renowned Indian artist. Born in Kolkata in 1962, she completed her BFA from Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay (now Mumbai), in 1987 and MFA from MS University, Baroda, in 1989. She has exhibited her works in many prestigious galleries across the country and abroad. Showcasing …
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