Somnath Hore Art Of Wounds

Description

Somnath Hore was born in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh) in 1921. He received a diploma from the Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta, where he learned the methods and nuances of printmaking, mainly lithography and intaglio. By the 1950s, he earned a name as one of the premier printmakers in India, and headed the Graphics and Printmaking Department at Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan. Hore started the paper pulp print series Wounds in the late 1960s as a response to the Naxalite movement in India and the social unrest around the world. The artist felt an intense need to translate his witnessing of the problematic realities into art in the form of ‘wounds’. He wanted to reproduce the essence of a cut or injury using printmaking, turning to intense research and experimentation with the red and white colours and the light and shadow effect on a three-dimensional model to reach a satisfactory outcome. This volume talks about the series, its inception, making, and perceptions about and around the main theme. Published in association with Akar Prakar, Kolkata and New Delhi Atanu Bhattacharya, a graphic artist, is known for his abstract paintings, experimenting with printing ink and acrylic. His first solo exhibition was held at the Society of Contemporary Artists’ Gallery, Kolkata, in 2008 and he has participated in various group shows. Bhattacharya’s works are part of numerous collections in India and abroad, including National Gallery of Modern Art and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.