Jogen Chowdhury
(1939)
Looking to the Mirror
"It seems to me that the depth of perception that comes in figuration, the way figures can illuminate life may not be possible through other means. I want to portray our human environment, the people of our country, their nature, their way of sitting because they are different from others. You'll notice that there's a particular Indianness in their gestures and that attracts. And it is this - the particular characteristics we see - that I wish...
"It seems to me that the depth of perception that comes in figuration, the way figures can illuminate life may not be possible through other means. I want to portray our human environment, the people of our country, their nature, their way of sitting because they are different from others. You'll notice that there's a particular Indianness in their gestures and that attracts. And it is this - the particular characteristics we see - that I wish to distil in my art. I develop these portrayals through distortion." -JOGEN CHOWDHURY
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Jogen Chowdhury Looking to the Mirror
Signed 'Jogen' (upper right), dated '2007' (upper left); inscribed and dated with artist's stamps '"Looking to the Mirror"/ Jogen Chowdhury/ 2007 (Santiniketan)/ 35/2006' (on the reverse)
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITEDJogen Chowdhury - Abahoman: Flowing Life, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 28 March - 16 April 2007Jogen Chowdhury - Abahoman: Flowing Life, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2007, p. 119 (illustrated)
Category: Painting
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