Jagannath Panda’s practice unravels many a theoretical and behavioral contradictions. The talented artist's art unravels many a theoretical and behavioral contradictions. It also incorporates the diametrically oppositional probabilities into an intriguing single unified whole.
The artist subtly fuses divergent scenarios with his skilled handling of forms, colors and compositions. His thought and creative processes are driven by a highly evolved aesthetic sensibility as both balancing device and interrogating agent.
His earlier suite of works, entitled 'The Action of Nowhere', was also on view at Nature Morte, a couple of years ago. Providing an insight into his works, a curatorial note mentioned that animals play a vital role in his vocabulary. It added, "Birds and beasts- never anthropomorphic- stand for the human condition but also a continuum of life as the actors in the artist’s morality play. He brings to the fore the nuances of their natural greed, selfishness and anger to put these obvious traits in the context of mankind."
Interestingly, when he started his career, not many galleries were initially keen on displaying his work. But it was not long before the intrinsic value of his work was noted. Shireen Gandhy of Chemould has once stated Jagannath Panda’s gift is that he remains a sculptor at heart almost as if he’s sculpting paintings in his creations.
His style of painting is suited to his art concerns, in sync with immediate surroundings of his home state Orissa and New Delhi, the city where he now lives. In fact, the artist tends to draw energy from wherever he locates himself. In Jagannath Panda’s work a routine event or any commonplace object gets imparted with symbolic stature that is oriented to represent collective aspirations or sometimes rigid dogmas. He collates the best of both Western minimalist features, as well as of Orissa’s folk art elements.
The artist builds a universe where the apparent distinctions of Animal, Vegetable and Mineral get increasingly irrelevant.
The artist subtly fuses divergent scenarios with his skilled handling of forms, colors and compositions. His thought and creative processes are driven by a highly evolved aesthetic sensibility as both balancing device and interrogating agent.
His earlier suite of works, entitled 'The Action of Nowhere', was also on view at Nature Morte, a couple of years ago. Providing an insight into his works, a curatorial note mentioned that animals play a vital role in his vocabulary. It added, "Birds and beasts- never anthropomorphic- stand for the human condition but also a continuum of life as the actors in the artist’s morality play. He brings to the fore the nuances of their natural greed, selfishness and anger to put these obvious traits in the context of mankind."
Interestingly, when he started his career, not many galleries were initially keen on displaying his work. But it was not long before the intrinsic value of his work was noted. Shireen Gandhy of Chemould has once stated Jagannath Panda’s gift is that he remains a sculptor at heart almost as if he’s sculpting paintings in his creations.
His style of painting is suited to his art concerns, in sync with immediate surroundings of his home state Orissa and New Delhi, the city where he now lives. In fact, the artist tends to draw energy from wherever he locates himself. In Jagannath Panda’s work a routine event or any commonplace object gets imparted with symbolic stature that is oriented to represent collective aspirations or sometimes rigid dogmas. He collates the best of both Western minimalist features, as well as of Orissa’s folk art elements.
The artist builds a universe where the apparent distinctions of Animal, Vegetable and Mineral get increasingly irrelevant.
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