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"It is the playfulness while exploring the possibilities of one given medium that fascinates me. But enjoyment or reactions to a given medium or style can never be static, or else it would soon turn the artist into a fossil." SANKHO CHAUDHURI

A versatile and innovative sculptor, Sankho Chaudhuri is considered one of the masters of modern Indian sculpture, and was adept in the use of various mediums including wood, stone and... "It is the playfulness while exploring the possibilities of one given medium that fascinates me. But enjoyment or reactions to a given medium or style can never be static, or else it would soon turn the artist into a fossil." SANKHO CHAUDHURI

A versatile and innovative sculptor, Sankho Chaudhuri is considered one of the masters of modern Indian sculpture, and was adept in the use of various mediums including wood, stone and bronze. A student of Ramkinkar Baij, Chaudhuri's work is significant in its emancipation from the academic style prevalent during the British Raj, instead favouring new styles and media. His largely abstract, elegant sculptures are created with an essential understanding of the qualities of the materials he was adept at shaping. Artist and art critic Pran Nath Mago referred to these works as "space transformations... His forms whether casted in metal or worked in sheetmetal, enveloping space, express the essential spirit of things. They are volume creations - from material volume to virtual volume - and circumscribed mass imbued with a remarkable sense of rhythm. The negative volumes produced by openings perceived visually, although bodiless, are an outstanding plastic element in Sankho's works." ("Some Consequential Contemporary Artists of India," Contemporary Art in India: A Perspective, New Delhi: National Book Trust, 2001, p. 182)

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