To Kalipada Purkait, light and shade
and a realistic rendering of colour are of virtually
no importance. His mostly figurative works, using gouache,
charcoal or pen and ink, mirror everyday life, but are
loud with intense and abstract colours that speak of
things that are not visible or tangible, like the moods
and emotion of the subjects.
Lately Purkait's interests have shifted to the architectural
aspects of things. The contours of buildings, bridges
and other man made wonders, whether in a city or in
a village, attract him, and drive him to portray not
only their visual side but even their internal essence,
once again using intense colour as a medium to communicate
this.
Kalipada Purkait's endeavour has been to give his paintings
a simplified form of expression, so that they could
reach out to people from everywhere, visually as well
as emotionally.
An artist and a painter by profession, Purkait was
born and brought up in West Bengal, and currently lives
in Kolkatta.
Qualification
Diploma in Visual Arts from Indian collage of Arts
& Draftmanship Under Rabindra Bharati University,
Kolkata in 1989
Exhibitions
- Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal – 1994,
- Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai – 1994,
- Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata – 1995
- Midnight Exhibition at park Hotel, New Delhi –
1996
- Gallery katayun,, Kolkata – 1996,1998,2001
- Right Line Gallery, Bangalore – 1998
- Art Access Week Birla Academy of Art & Culture
- Young Faces in Contemporary Indin Art, Birla Academy
- Gallery Art Folio, Chandigarh – 1999
- Rang Shatabdi, National Gallery of Morden Art
- Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata – 2004 organized
by
- Bajaj art Gallery-Org. by Sahiil art Mumbai.2007.
Awards
- Annual Festival’s Exhibition of West Bengal
Shows
- ANZ Grindlays Bank, Kolkata 1992.Alliance
- Francaise de Kolkata 1994, Gallery
- Katayun, 1997. Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai 2001
Collections
- Bharat Bhavan Bhopal, ITC Ltd., Margot Queen, USA
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