Gallery Silver Scpaes
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Artist: Rabindranath Mondal
Medium: Oil & Pastel on Paper Board
Size: 15 × 22 inches (38.1 × 55.88 cm)
Year: 1979
This evocative painting immerses the viewer in a contemplative and somber atmosphere, rendered through a rich palette of muted grays, browns, and deep blues. The subdued tones cast a heavy, introspective mood over the composition, emphasizing the emotional gravity of the scene. At the center stands an abstracted humanoid figure, shaped with pronounced and exaggerated features, a broad nose, dark, deep-set eyes, and a solemn expression that conveys melancholy, reflection, or inner turmoil. The stylized form of the body appears to dissolve into the surrounding space, blurring the boundaries between figure and background. This visual merging suggests a deep, intrinsic connection between the self and the environment, memory, or history.
The figure is adorned with intricate symbolic markings, geometric shapes, spirals, and linear patterns, that evoke the aesthetic language of ancient glyphs or tribal iconography. These motifs extend across the figure’s form and onto an oval-shaped object held closely in its arms. This object, similarly covered in symbols, appears sacred or deeply personal. It may be read as a relic, a repository of memory, or an abstract embodiment of identity and cultural inheritance. Executed in a style that draws from both Expressionism and Symbolism, the painting prioritizes emotional resonance and psychological depth over literal representation. The use of dark, layered tones and symbolic patterning allows for multiple interpretations, inviting viewers to contemplate themes of grief, spiritual continuity, and the burden or preservation of collective memory.
The work resonates with visual references to Indigenous, ancient, or mythological traditions, where symbols hold narrative weight and spiritual meaning. In this way, the painting becomes a site of convergence between the personal and the ancestral, between introspection and collective history, offering a powerful meditation on identity, heritage, and the enduring human need to make meaning through memory and symbol.
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Art has always, naturally, reflected the development and exploration of different thoughts and perceptions, and our current postmodern era is no different. It is interesting to see how art has evolved visually, yet the traditional methods of composing art remain a valid means of expression.
All it takes for an artist to rise above normalcy, is inspiration, which fuels his passion to paint beautiful creations throughout his life.
The valuable expression of art is always there with us, but now this expression is yet to take an interesting diversion with our art gallery, Gallery Silver Scapes, located in Hauz Khas Enclave. Art is no longer considered just decorative but has evolved and come forth as a major form of investment yielding high rates of returns for its buyers, making it an expression commonly used.
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.