【Review】"Unforgettable Soul" Online Exhibition of Nabanita SahaTime：2023-01-19

【Review】"Unforgettable Soul" Online Exhibition of Nabanita Saha

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Nabanita Saha's personal online exhibition "Unforgettable Soul" is organized by the DoBe Group (Stock Exchange Symbol 300947) and the Sino Italian Design Exchange Center, in collaboration with the Municipality of Florence, District 4 of the Municipality of Florence, Shanghai Promotion Center for City of Design, the Shanghai International Culture Association and the Ugo Guidi Museum, opens on Dicembre 8th, 2022 at 12:00 Italian time.

Preface

Life is a wonderful journey and every moment we spent on earth must be lived to its fullest extent. We aim to cherish the journey of life and we value by creating materialistic achievements to leave a mark in our society. We set personal milestones and rush to achieve the same. To pursue achievement in life we forget to create a balance in nature, ecosystem, and environment. We forget to create sustainability and the purpose of life. This creates irreversible damages and results are visible and known to all, but less being done on ground level. I intend to seek attention of earth inhabitants and create awareness and to motivate all to make their contribution to minimize the exploitation of nature and make the earth in better condition for future generations.

Nabanita Saha

Born 1974, WestBengal, India

M.F.A. from Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University in Vadodara, India, 2002

B.V.A. (Govt. College of Art & Craft), Kolkata, India, 1999

B.A. (Victoria Institution) Kolkata, India, 1994

Currently work and live in Shanghai,China

Grants, Awards & Scholarships:

2019 Yeonseok Mountain Art Museum Artist Residency, South Korea.

2017 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, USA.

2015 Artist Residency 2015 at Camac Residency France, granted by Artist Pension Trust.

2013 PHKR Artist Fellowship Residency, Basel, Switzerland.

2012 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant from Canada.

2003 Gujarat Lalit Kala Award.

2002 AIFACS award (State Level).

2001 National Scholarship 2001 to 2003 (Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India).

1998 College award of Annual Exhibition of Govt. College of Art & Craft.

1997 Certificate of Merit, Govt. College of Art & Craft.

Solo Exhibition:

2019 Streamlet of Essence Melody, Yeonseok Mountain Museum Of Art, Wanju-gun, South Korea

2013 Only in India, Stellwerk Atelier, Basel, Switzerland.

2012 Metaphorical Association of Self, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India.

2009 Earth Calling at Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda, India.

2003 Dreams & Desires at Gorky Sadan, Kolkata, Gallery – g, Bangalore & Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.

2001 Speech of Silence at Arts Core Gallery, Baroda, India.

Selected Group Exhibition:

2020 Recycling story 2020-Age of Reflection, PyeongChang ARTccc, Gangwon Art & Culture Foundation, South Korea

2020 YSMA FamilyShip at Yeonshok Mountain Museum of Art, South Korea

2020 Monsoon Art Fest Online Edition, by Kottaayam Art Foundation, India

2020 ASYAAF Hidden Art Festival, Hongik University Contemporary Art Museum, by LVS Gallery, South Korea.

2019 GimHea Biennale international Art festival at Yoonseul Art Gallery, GimHea City, South Korea

2019 International Recycling story at Gangneung Art Centre, Gangwon-do, South Korea

2019 Three Life Place show at Yeonshok Mountain Museum, South Korea

2019 Nu-e Art Space Gallery and Jellonbok Museum of Art, Wanju-gun, South Korea

2019 Yeonseok Mountain Art Museum, Group Show Residency Artists, South Korea

2019 YSMA Family Ship, Yeonseok Mountain Art Museum, South Korea

2018 International Monsoon Art Fest, Kerala Museum Art Gallery, Ernakulam, India 2018 Bengal Panorama, Nehru Art Center, Mumbai, By Janus Art Gallery.

2016 Group Show by Raina Bente, Art Basel Center, Basel, Switzerland.

2016 Platographic Expressions at Mumbai, Baroda & Ahmedabad, by ICAC India.

2016 The Bird Project, by Baroda Open Studio, Baroda India.

2015 ART 507, Seoul, Korea.

2015 INCH Contemporary by Inch Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

2015 Seoul Open Art Fair @KOEX, Seoul, Korea

2015 Engendered Art Gallery, New Delhi, India

2015 VADFEST, Govt. of Gujarat & Gujarat Tourism, Vadodara India.

2014 Women Times, Korean Cultural Centre, New Delhi India.

2014 Evolve 2, Akruti Art Gallery, Baroda India.

2014 Hanji Plus, Korean Cultural Centre, New Delhi India.

2014 Young India, Lleshi Art, St. Moritz, Switzerland. 2014 Windows for India, PHKR, Basel, Switzerland. 2013 Asian Young Artists by Gallery Lexington, Busan, Korea.

2013 Asian Students and Young Artist Art Festival by Gallery LVS, Seoul, Korea.

2013 Festive Springs, Mirage Art Gallery, Kolkata, India.

2012 Shimeesha Art Show, Faculty of Fine Arts gallery, Baroda, India.

2011 ‘Celebration 2011’, Kumar Gallery, New Delhi, India.

2010 ‘Dream Interpretation’, Chaitanya Art Gallery, Cochin, India.

2010 ‘Purva’, Hutheesingh Gallery, Ahemdabad, India.

2010 ‘Purva’, Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, India.

2010 Group Show at Ahmedabad ki Gufa, Ahemdabad, India.

2007 Group Show at Samokal Art Gallery, Kolkata, India.

2007 Group Show at Apparao Gallery, Chennai, India.

2005 Group Show at Lakshana Art Gallery, Bangalore, India.

2005 Group Show at Venkattappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, India.

2005 I, Me, Myself at Kashi Art Gallery, Cochin, India.

2005 Group Show at Gallery Space Hyderabad, India.

2004 Camlin Annual Art Exhibition, Bangalore, India.

2004 Serigraphy Exhibition at Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda, India.

2004 Group Show at Venkattappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, India.

2003 Annual All India Fine Arts Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India.

2003 Group show, at Gorky Sadan, Russian Consulate, Kolkata, India.

2003 Group show, Solo Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.

2003 Annual exhibition, Gujarat Lalit Kala, Ahemdabad, India.

2003 The Uprising, A Group Exhibition at Son-Et-Lumiere Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.

2002 Group show ‘Artist against violence’ , Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda, India.

2002 Annual exhibition of AIFACS, New Delhi, India.

2002 Annual exhibition of AIFACS, Ahmedabad, India.

2002 Group exhibition at Manthan, Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India. 2002 Group exhibition at Cultural Dept., Russian Federation Consulate General 2001 Annual exhibition at State Lalit Kala Kolkata, India.

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Art Work

Degradation of divine lifeline - I

Oil on canvas,160cm x198 cm, 2022

Degradation of divine lifeline-II

Oil on canvas,137cmx168 cm, 2022

Bonded in grief-I

Oil on canvas,198x245 cm, 2009

Displacement by Growth

oil on canvas, 152x168 cm, 2011

Untitled 3

Oil on canvas, 92x107cm, 2011

Last tree standing

oil on canvas,137x168cm, 2013

Merciles transformation

Oil on canvas,152x168cm, 2011

Progressive Scarcity I

Oil on canvas,137x168cm , 2012

Rapid transformation

Oil on canvas,1145x168cm, 2011

Search Continues II

Oil on Canvas, 107x92cm, 2010

Struggle All The Way-I'

Oil on Canvas, 152x168cm, 2009

Untitled 4

Oil on canvas, 137x168 cm, 2013

Artist Statement

When we contemplate at contemporaneous civilization, often we introspect on our existence in past 5000 years. We inquire whether the anthropological commorancy have cumulated inordinately or are the transformations gradual. Change is an inevitable part of our humankind and we as earthling have excogitated through these changes and have affected the bionomics and environment at large. While contemplating on Indian civilization which started with Indus Valley Civilization which were developed beside Indus & Saraswati river. Later with the incoming of Aryans, Gangetic Civilization developed in India along river Ganges and its tributaries. Numerous other civilizations were developed beside the major rivers in India which capacitate us to infer that the human habitats curlicue around three sustainable elements – water, land and air.

Both nature and human are accountable for alternating the landscapes. Wherein we can govern the human alteration, we have no authority over nature. However, we are primarily culpable for nature to delivering the changes. Thus, we should comprehend and impede our demeanour against nature so that this planet is sustainable for living for future generation.

From the beginning of human existence, are shaping landscapes. As we progressed from different periods we are still dependent on these sustainable elements however with the rise in population we have rapidly urbanized. We are the current denizen of planet earth and are knowingly or unknowingly progressing towards unsustainable evolution. We have contemporary priority and disregard our eventual which will shortly become perilous for human existence. Our selfish actions are pushing our future generation for extinction.

My work addresses the burgeoning ecological asymmetry which the present generation is undergoing. This is culminated due to abuse of power, human greed and materialistic aspirations. I have tried to illustrate the human exploitation of macrocosm and the agony the flora and fauna. I have conveyed my apprehension related to ecology and environmental catastrophe through my work. I am passionate about nature and the continuous changes in the landscapes of India have compelled me to take the concerns of environment and ecology to be my subject of creativity. I tried to create aesthetics in my work.

My medium of work is Oil on Canvas and I have integrated with charcoal and created a harmonious blend of metaphorical changes in ecology resulting in changing landscapes with my creativity taking a role of a community member of aboriginal tribe entangled in the crossroads of development. My work continued to employ a variety of brush-strokes, techniques and color pallets to depict the subject matter thus evolving a unique style of naturalistic, impressionistic and simplified forms with heavy outlines, sharp contrasts and emotional composition to create an internal agitation amongst my subject matter. Thus, my work is evolved around the subject matter which symbolize their struggle and internal resistance in the content, depicting a state of mind rather than an extreme reality.

I am trying to create an awareness that due to expeditious evolution there is an inevitable ramification on environment which is conceiving asymmetry in ecology and ambivalence for our future generation. I am working on landscaping last more than one decade and subject of work is related to environmental degradation. My endeavour is to document these changes and archive them through my work.

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【Review】"Unforgettable Soul" Online Exhibition of Nabanita Saha