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Born in 1936 in Bangladesh, Dipak Banerjee studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata. Banerjee received a scholarship from the French Government and worked in Paris and Oslo, where he went on a Norwegian Government stipend.
In the early 60s, Banerjee decided on a career as a printmaker. Says Banerjee "My immediate reaction was to explore the technical possibilities in this genre. My forms and contents, ideas and...
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Born in 1936 in Bangladesh, Dipak Banerjee studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata. Banerjee received a scholarship from the French Government and worked in Paris and Oslo, where he went on a Norwegian Government stipend.
In the early 60s, Banerjee decided on a career as a printmaker. Says Banerjee "My immediate reaction was to explore the technical possibilities in this genre. My forms and contents, ideas and intonations were to a great extent influenced by western attitudes. Soon I started contemplating on my own roots and began to pick up the visual elements from my own rich cultural heritage". He was gradually drawn to the rich world of mystical religious thoughts, the philosophy of ultimate reality, on cosmic unity. He also drew heavily from the tradition of Tantra, developing his own vocabulary using the circle, square, lotus and yantra designs in his paintings. Banerjee has not got trapped in the ritualistic import of Tantra but he combines it with his interpretations of spirituality and religion.
Banerjee is most comfortable in gentle shades and transparent tints this could be an influence of his stint as a print maker and working with a limited palette of colors. Banerjee excels both in print- making as well as with water color on silk.
Banerjee has had solo exhibitions in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and also in Europe, South America and Hongkong. Banerjee has participated in several painting and graphics exhibitions held in the country and abroad. He was a professor at the faculty of Visual Arts, Benaras Hindu University. At present he lives and works in Kolkata.
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Born
1936
Exhibitions
Selected Group exhibitions
2009 'Mark of Masters -2', Art and Soul, Mumbai
Selected Group exhibitions
2009 'Mark of Masters -2', Art and Soul, Mumbai
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