At a broader level, Susanta Mandal’s structures mirror his perceptions of the tenuous balance struck between change and stasis, individual subjectivity and universality, subtly bringing to fore the socio-political tensions of our immediate realm.
Born in Kolkata in 1965, he did his B.F.A. (Painting) from the Government College of Arts & Craft, Kolkata, and later M.F.A. (Painting) from Banaras Hindu University. Apart from his solos, including ‘It Doesn’t Bite’, Gallery SKE, Bangalore (2007) and ‘Assemblages’, Art Heritage, New Delhi (1998), his work has been featured in prominent group exhibitions like ‘Notes on (Dis)Appearance of real’ courtesy Shrine Empire Gallery, Delhi; ‘This is Unreal’, Experimenter, Kolkata ((2010); ‘India Xianzai’, MOCA, Shanghai; ‘Astonishment of Being’, Birla Academy of Arts & culture, Kolkata; ‘Living Off the Grid’, Anant Art Gallery, Noida (2009); ‘Where In The World’ at Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon (2008 -09); ‘Mechanisms of Motion’, Anant Art Gallery (2008); and ‘Still Moving Images’, Devi Art (2008).
He has served as artist in residence at New Delhi’s Khoj International Residency (2007) and has also been a part of the Britto International Artists Workshop, Bangladesh (2008). In appreciation of his talent, the New York–based Guggenheim Museum acquired his ‘Caged Sacks’ (2007–08), which had nine steel cages aligned to imitate prisoners’ cells, conveys his artistic concerns.
The assistant curator of Asian Art, Sandhini Poddar, mentioned of its attributes that focused our attention on quotidian materials and events, thus inviting viewers to witness and confront raw reality in interactive environs. According to the expert, his mixed media installations, which often utilize spotlights and kinetic mechanisms seem playful, but are actually uncanny and ultimately disconcerting constructions. He enhances each installation by balancing theatrical lights with deep shadows.
Through chiaroscuro (the arrangement or treatment of both light & dark parts), the works take on narrative and performative elements, echoing the tradition of vernacular storytelling in India, where painted scrolls are brought to life with lamps at dusk.
Born in Kolkata in 1965, he did his B.F.A. (Painting) from the Government College of Arts & Craft, Kolkata, and later M.F.A. (Painting) from Banaras Hindu University. Apart from his solos, including ‘It Doesn’t Bite’, Gallery SKE, Bangalore (2007) and ‘Assemblages’, Art Heritage, New Delhi (1998), his work has been featured in prominent group exhibitions like ‘Notes on (Dis)Appearance of real’ courtesy Shrine Empire Gallery, Delhi; ‘This is Unreal’, Experimenter, Kolkata ((2010); ‘India Xianzai’, MOCA, Shanghai; ‘Astonishment of Being’, Birla Academy of Arts & culture, Kolkata; ‘Living Off the Grid’, Anant Art Gallery, Noida (2009); ‘Where In The World’ at Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon (2008 -09); ‘Mechanisms of Motion’, Anant Art Gallery (2008); and ‘Still Moving Images’, Devi Art (2008).
He has served as artist in residence at New Delhi’s Khoj International Residency (2007) and has also been a part of the Britto International Artists Workshop, Bangladesh (2008). In appreciation of his talent, the New York–based Guggenheim Museum acquired his ‘Caged Sacks’ (2007–08), which had nine steel cages aligned to imitate prisoners’ cells, conveys his artistic concerns.
The assistant curator of Asian Art, Sandhini Poddar, mentioned of its attributes that focused our attention on quotidian materials and events, thus inviting viewers to witness and confront raw reality in interactive environs. According to the expert, his mixed media installations, which often utilize spotlights and kinetic mechanisms seem playful, but are actually uncanny and ultimately disconcerting constructions. He enhances each installation by balancing theatrical lights with deep shadows.
Through chiaroscuro (the arrangement or treatment of both light & dark parts), the works take on narrative and performative elements, echoing the tradition of vernacular storytelling in India, where painted scrolls are brought to life with lamps at dusk.
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