Bound By Rivers : Kolkata Art Show To Capture Artist Paresh Maity's Extraordinary Relationship With Water

Water bodies have perennially been central to artist Paresh Maity바카라�s work.

Rivers reflecting fiery orange skies as the sun sets, or scenes of quiet evenings on river banks in sleepy towns, have repeatedly made it to Maity바카라�s canvases.

Capturing the artist's extraordinary relationship with water, and how it바카라�s been critical to his artistic practice both as a medium and a subject, is an upcoming retrospective of his works 바카라� 바카라�Noise of Many waters바카라�

(Paresh Maity, Watercolour on paper, 1999)

Curated by Rakhi Sarkar, the show will open on November 12 at the CIMA Gallery in Kolkata.

The exhibition that will feature 120 works by the artist created during his four-decade-long career, will take the viewers on a journey of Maity바카라�s artistic life 바카라� from his humble beginnings in West Bengal바카라�s Tamluk to making a name as an artist of international acclaim, who has exhibited across the globe, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, London, and the USA.

바카라�Water becomes the central force and metaphor of that incredible journey! His land, river and cityscapes resonate with the spirit, taste and noise of that water,바카라� Sarkar writes in her curatorial note.

Exhibited works will include paintings, drawings, installation, and video art that will highlight the watercolours which are his tour de force. Works will range from miniatures from his student days to gigantic works from recent years.

바카라�This show epitomises the melancholy and the impermanence, the fears and the intense transient nature of life itself. 

(Paresh Maity, Watercolour on paper, 2001)

바카라�His works portray the agony and ecstasy of an artist바카라�s eternal journey from reality to the imaginary; his never-ending quest to capture the final magical moment when sweeping water-laden strokes and colours coalesce to create a quintessential Paresh masterpiece. Paresh Maity lives and feels through his watercolours," Sarkar says.

Among his most popular watercolour works are his landscapes of river banks, shores or docks from the ghats of Ganga in Benaras to the Venetian canals.

바카라�The magical quality of Paresh바카라�s water series is the cross-cultural dialogue and the composite world view that emerges through his art.

바카라�The temples on the ghats of river Ganges in Varanasi seem to be in eternal dialogue with the Venetian churches along the canals of Venice, which in turn metamorphose into twists and turns of the placid Li river etching through the layers of strange and mysterious mountains lining the Chinese city of Guilin,바카라� the curators says.

바카라�There is indeed a shift in physical contexts but the eternal spirit and role of the waterways remain unaltered,바카라� she adds.

The show is set to continue till December 11.