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Artist: Prokash Karmakar
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 20 × 18 inches (50.8 × 45.72 cm)
Year: 1998
Resonating with symbolic depth and emotional gravity, this oil on canvas by Prokash Karmakar presents a powerful meditation on primal femininity. The central figure, sinuously rendered in a palette of earthy, muted tones, emerges from a somber backdrop that envelops the composition in a sense of psychological weight. Her posture and form evoke quiet melancholy, while her introspective presence invites viewers into an intimate dialogue with the unconscious and the elemental.
Karmakar’s use of stark, assertive lines and stylized anatomy recalls ancient sculptural and iconographic traditions, imbuing the work with a ritualistic and timeless quality. The figure’s elongated limbs and gently curving torso evoke early fertility symbols and goddess archetypes, establishing her as more than an individual, she becomes an emblem of enduring feminine strength and mystery. The abstraction of form distances the subject from literal realism, allowing her to exist as both myth and metaphor.
The subdued background, executed in shadowed, dusky tones, does not merely serve as a backdrop but acts as an atmospheric extension of the figure’s emotional state. Its ambiguity enhances the work’s meditative tone, creating a space that feels both interior and infinite. The viewer is not offered a narrative, but rather a psychological landscape, one defined by solitude, vulnerability, and timeless presence. Materially, the oil medium reinforces the work’s layered intensity. Karmakar’s brushwork moves between fine contour and expressive flourish, creating a textured surface that pulses with vitality. The earthy palette draws from the natural world, yet the stylization lifts the work into the symbolic realm, demonstrating the artist’s deft negotiation between corporeality and abstraction.
Prokash Karmakar, a foundational figure in post-Independence Indian modernism, is renowned for his bold engagement with the human form, nature, and emotional expression. In this composition, his enduring interest in sensuality and psychological exploration coalesces into a haunting visual statement. The figure does not demand attention through spectacle but instead commands presence through quiet intensity and symbolic weight. This painting stands as a poetic embodiment of the feminine as a force of memory, introspection, and ancestral echo. With its synthesis of ancient iconographic resonance and modern formal innovation, the work invites contemplation on the universal themes of identity, emotion, and the spiritual resonance of the human form.
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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.