Gallery Silver Scpaes
Congo Bongo
Congo Bongo
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Artist: Anurag Anand
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 × 36 inches
Year: 2025
Congo Bongo offers a vibrant, stylized portrayal of a lively coastal village, rendered with a dynamic fusion of folk art aesthetics and expressive brushwork. The composition invites viewers into an intimate beachside scene, where human activity and natural elements coexist in harmonious rhythm. Central to the foreground is a solitary figure seen from behind, clad in a reddish-orange shirt, engaged in playing a drum. This figure’s presence infuses the painting with a palpable sense of rhythm and cultural vitality, setting an energetic tone for the narrative.
A woman positioned further along the shoreline, dressed in a light tan two-piece bathing suit, waves gently, suggesting social interaction and communal warmth within this coastal enclave. The mid-ground is densely populated with small, colorful buildings that cluster organically along the shoreline, their simplified geometric forms and vivid hues reinforcing the naive art influence. The arrangement of these structures conveys both the intimacy and complexity of village life, capturing the essence of a close-knit community nestled by the water. The dark blue, winding body of water curves gracefully around the village, dotted with small boats that hint at the residents’ connection to the sea as a source of livelihood and leisure. Adding a layer of natural intricacy, a large, sprawling tree dominates the upper portion of the canvas, its twisting branches extending over the village below. Within its foliage, a small monkey-like creature clings playfully, introducing an element of whimsy and highlighting the vibrant ecosystem that frames the human domain.
The artist’s use of bold colors and visible, textured brushstrokes enhances the tactile quality of the work, lending it a lively immediacy that engages the viewer’s senses. The overall stylistic approach balances simplification with richness of detail, creating a visual dialogue between form and color that resonates with folkloric tradition and contemporary expression. Congo Bongo thus emerges as both a celebration of cultural identity and a vivid snapshot of everyday life by the sea. The painting’s spirited composition and textural depth invite viewers to explore themes of community, nature, and the rhythms of daily existence, making it a compelling addition to the gallery’s collection of evocative, narrative-rich artworks.
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Mrs Mayor was walked into the art world by the legendary modernist Bimal Das Gupta, one of whose biggest collections remains with Gallery Silver Scapes. In the 1980s, as head and first curator of the Habiart Gallery founded by Mrs Rekha Modi — a childhood friend — Mrs Mayor worked closely with and curated shows for renowned artists such as A Ramachandran, GR Santosh, Rameshwar Broota, Sakti Burman, MK Bardhan, Dhiraj Chaudhury, M Sivanesan, and Arup Das among others.
Besides modern masters, she also worked with young contemporaries such as Sudip Roy, Paresh Maity, Subroto Kundu, Vinod Sharma, and many more. Artworks commissioned by her are now part of prestigious collections, such as those of the India Habitat Centre, Ranbaxy, Pepsi, Hotel Lalit, Bank of America, and many more private and public collections.