Tanmoy Samanta b. 1973
The Birds in the Rain, 2020
Gouache on rice paper
(HSN Code: 970110)
(HSN Code: 970110)
22 x 28 inches each
(Set of 4)
(Set of 4)
Copyright Tanmoy Samanta, 2020
Many artists and poets identify themselves with creatures — Tanmoy identifies himself with birds, so the images of birds keep coming back to his works. Our mythologies, fairytales and songs...
Many artists and poets identify themselves with creatures — Tanmoy identifies himself with birds, so the images of birds keep coming back to his works.
Our mythologies, fairytales and songs are full of birds as a metaphor for all immaterial things. He is fascinated about birds and how this simple yet immensely variable creature can beautifully hold the universal dualities such as — familiar and strange, presence and absence, macabre and fantastic, moment and eternity. In these paintings, the form and structure occupy its own space, of solitude and oblivion.
Our mythologies, fairytales and songs are full of birds as a metaphor for all immaterial things. He is fascinated about birds and how this simple yet immensely variable creature can beautifully hold the universal dualities such as — familiar and strange, presence and absence, macabre and fantastic, moment and eternity. In these paintings, the form and structure occupy its own space, of solitude and oblivion.
Exhibitions
The Shape of Home, TARQ, Mumbai, 2021Literature
Vogue India, 13 art exhibitions in India to watch out for this month, Oct 29, 2021https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/13-art-exhibitions-in-india-to-watch-out-for-this-month
Take on Art, Mapping Metamorphosis: A review of Tanmoy Samanta’s ‘The Shape of Home’, Vol 27, issue 1, 2022
https://takeonartmagazine.com/reviews/mapping-metamorphosis-a-review-of-tanmoy-samantas-the-shape-of-home/
Publications
Spiralled Memories, Reflections on Tanmoy Samanta's The Shape of HomeCatalogue Essay by Ranjit Hoskote
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