Veteran artist Sakti Burman, believe it or not, has been envisioning the retrospective, now being hosted at New Delhi's Lalit Kala Akademi for over five long years.
He had to spend a lot of energy and effort in collecting all the works he had done over the last fifty years for his retrospective, entitled ''The Wonder of It All', with the help of Dadiba Pundole and Sharan Apparao. And it wasn't easy at all as he had spent major part of his life in Paris before he came to the capital city of India in 2009. Finally, the efforts have fructified, as a kaleidoscopic view of his illustrious career is open to one and all!
A benign dream-like feel is evident in Sakti Burman’s captivating canvases, as if oblivious to grim realities of today's world engulfed by violence, poverty and conflicts. They exude a serene sense of peace and joy. The artist explains: “The grief and miseries are all there, but I harbor a hope that they might disappear one day. Ultimately, hope is the only thing you can hold on to and continue living.” It’s this optimism he brings to the fore in his work, underlining the positive side of life.
Engaging with serenity and grace, he creates a soothing sense of tranquility in his compositions. His practice revolves around recreating and recasting existence of humanity at different spaces, places and times.
Along with painting done in oils and watercolor, he has produced several enchanting graphics including an album of 16 limited edition lithographs illustrating the famous work, Gitanjali, by Rabindranath Tagore. After dabbling for a while (in the early 1970's) with wood carving, he produced a substantial body of bronze sculpture a few years ago, bringing to fore his versatility and keenness to experiment.
Working in his Paris atelier previously and now in India, Sakti Burman has always been in close communion with his unique painterly world, in an eternal search for the indefinable.
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