Samit Das’s compositions are a juxtaposition of time and space. The artist creates multiple layers and remarkable forms using urban architecture as his points of reference and departure. His oeuvre comprises photographs, collages, paintings and drawings, at times combining multiple mediums in a single creation. He also builds interesting textures in his works, some tactile while others are only visual.
Speaking about his focus...
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Samit Das’s compositions are a juxtaposition of time and space. The artist creates multiple layers and remarkable forms using urban architecture as his points of reference and departure. His oeuvre comprises photographs, collages, paintings and drawings, at times combining multiple mediums in a single creation. He also builds interesting textures in his works, some tactile while others are only visual.
Speaking about his focus on cities and urban space, the artist says “One cannot hinder or deny the inexorable growth of cities: as an artist I am interested in what ways and to what extent this growth takes place. Probably there is no end to the growth of a city and we have to create our own `spaces’ in an effort to retain a level of sustainability for humans within the built habitat. Cities must live with their history, their juxtaposition of architecture, and their complex relationship to time.”
There is a raw intensity in Das’s compositions. The unfinished lines and distorted perspective gives the viewer a sense of incompleteness, and the random paths of movement create numerous layers of infinite depth, evoking curiosity.
Born in 1970, in Jamshedpur, Das completed his Bachelor’s degree in painting at Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, in 1994, followed by his master’s degree from the same university in 1996. In 2000, he participated in the Associate Student Post Graduate Program at the Camberwell College of Art, London. His most recent solo shows include those held at Art Indus, New Delhi, in 2009; Delaye Saltoun, London, in 2008; and Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi; Apparao Gallery at Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra, New Delhi; Gallery 88, Kolkata; all in 2007. Amongst his group shows are `Manthan` presented by Nitanjali Art Gallery at Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi, in 2009; `Deep In Black` at Galerie Muller and Plate, Munich, in 2009; `Nature of the City` at Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi, in 2008-09; `Bricks and Mortar` at Hacienda Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2008; and ‘India: Maximum City’ at Galerie Helene Lamarque, Paris, in 2007.
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Born
1970
Jamshedpur
Education
2000 Associate Student Post Graduate Program, Book Ary Deparment, Camberwell Collage of Art, London
1996 Master of Fine Arts (Painting), Kalabhavan, Visvabharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Kalabhavan, Visvabharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 'In Search of Frozen Music',...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 'In Search of Frozen Music', Nature Morte, New Delhi
2009 'Eye Line', Gallerie 88, Kolkata
2009 Art Indus, New Delhi
2008 Delaye Saltoun, London
2007 ‘CE’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 ‘Sky’, Photography Show, organized by Apparao Gallery at Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra, New Delhi
2007 ‘B/W’, Drawings, Paintings, Photographs and Books, Gallery 88, Kolkata
2007 ‘Memory Lanes in Metropolis’, Photography Show at ‘Delhi O Delhi’, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2006 Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 ‘Bricks Without Full Stops’, Ruia House, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 'ZONES OF CONTACT: Propositions on the Museum', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi
2010 'Pretty Ugly', Bose Pacia, Kolkata
2009-10 'On Canvas -1', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2009 'Entity', MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Manthan', presented by Nitanjal Art Gallery at Galerie Romain Rolland, New Delhi
2009 'Deep In Black', Galerie Muller and Plate, Munich
2008-09 'Nature of the City', Religare Arts Initiative, New Delhi
2008 'Review', Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2008 'Abstract Contemporary Art', Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
2008 'Bricks and Mortar', Hacienda Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 Nature Morte, New Delhi
2007 ‘India: Maximum City’, Galerie Helene Lamarque, Paris
2007 ‘ City, Cite, Site’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 ‘Kalpa: Vraksha’, Jehangir Nicholsan Gallery, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
2007 ‘Uninterrupted Journey’, Works of Pakistani and Indian Artists organized by Nitanjali Art Gallery at ITC Sheraton, Mumbai
2007 Nature Morte, New Delhi
2007 ‘Emerging India’, organized by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi and S.A. Fine Arts, London at Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Arts, UK
2006 ‘Reverse Depth’, Tamarind art, USA
2006 ‘Synchrome’, Akar Prakar, Kolkata
2006 Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2006 ‘ Abstract Expressions’, Bodhi Art, New Delhi
2006 ‘Art Link Project’, Berlin
2006 ‘Siggraph 2007’, The Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff, UK
2005 -06 ‘V9 U9 Project’, Art Alive Gallery, Cardiff and UK
2005 ‘Resonance’, Golden Jubilee Show of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2005 ‘Configurations’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2005 Jianghu Journey at Lijjiang, China ( Video Projection in a Heritage House in Lijjang)
2004 Art for the vision, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2004 ‘Vanitus Vanitatum’, Photo installation, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘Journeys’, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
2004 ‘Looking Back in Order to Look Forward’, New Delhi (Photographic Installation on Rabindranath Tagore’s House)
2004 ‘Fleshed Out and Lifting Off’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003 ‘Flag Show’, Pakistan
2004 World Social Forum, Mumbai
2004 Sahmat, the Making of India, New Delhi
2004 Dots and Pixels, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
2003 ‘Great Arc Show’, Atlantis Gallery , London
2003 ‘Dots and Pixels’, Gallery Espace , New Delhi
2003 ‘Roots En Route’, British Council, India [designed limited edition hand made catalog ]
2002 ‘Photo Transcendent’, Bose Pacia Modern, New York
2002 ‘Borderless Terrain’, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
2002 ‘Glue’, a show about collage with concept and artist from different generation, designed limited edition catalog as an extension of artist book, Bangalore
1999 ‘Edge of the Century’, British Council, New Delhi
1999 ‘Emerging Trends’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1998 ‘Multimedia Art of the Nineties’, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
Joint Exhibitions
2006 With Ashok Ahuja at Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai
Participations
2011 'Homespun', Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi
2010 Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Entity', Annual Exhibition, M.E.C Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007,06,05 Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai
1997 40th National Exhibition of Art, Bangalore
Honours and Awards
2001-02 Charles Wallace India Trust, British Council for UK ( Project – Book as an Architectural Space in the Context of Human existence)
1998-2000 Junior Fellowship, Government of India
1996-98 National Scholarship, Government of India
1990-96 Merit Scholarship, Visvabharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal
2001-02 Charles Wallace India Trust, British Council for UK ( Project – Book as an Architectural Space in the Context of Human existence)
1998-2000 Junior Fellowship, Government of India
1996-98 National Scholarship, Government of India
1990-96 Merit Scholarship, Visvabharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal
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