Gandharaartgallery

SUDIPTA DAS


LAST SUPPER OIL ON CANVAS 48 IN x 96 IN 2010
UNTITLED WATERCOLOR ON PAPER 19.5 IN X 14 IN
UNTITLED WATER COLOR ON PAPER 12 IN x 6 IN
MEETING TEA COFFEE AND INK ON PAPER 36 IN x 60 IN 2011

 

Sudipta Das’ practice revolves around the tenacity, fragility and importance that paper has in the lives of people and how it shapes their identity. Using the medium as a metaphor, the artist experiments with, shapes and transforms paper into doll-like sculptures that each narrate a story of their own. From migrations both forced and voluntary to climate change, from identity crisis to recording historic events and diaspora, the artist touches upon the calamities that befall those in transience as they seek refuge after having lost all they ever had and all they have ever known. The artist who is originally from Assam, takes inspiration from her own life and family. She now lives and works in Baroda.