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Artist: Anita Roy Chowdhury
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 24 × 30 inches (60.96 × 76.2 cm)
Year: 2010
Radiating with luminous tones of gold and blue, this striking composition transcends figurative portrayal to offer a deeply symbolic meditation on feminine energy as an elemental force. The female figure, central to the work, is not rendered as an isolated subject but as an integral thread in the cosmic and natural order. Her flowing hair, delicately entwined with organic and celestial motifs, blurs the distinction between body and environment, suggesting a seamless continuum of self, nature, and universe.
The artist’s palette imbues the canvas with a transcendent atmosphere: golden hues evoke the warmth of earth and divinity, while the cool blues suggest water, sky, and infinite space. These tonal layers envelop the figure, not merely framing her but dissolving the confines of form, presenting her as both grounded and ethereal. The visual vocabulary, elegantly sinuous lines, floral symbols, and radiating patterns, elevates the composition into a spiritual allegory.
One of the figure’s hands, raised in a gesture of calm resistance, introduces a quiet but assertive agency. This is not a passive presence, but one that commands attention through serenity and strength. Her other hand, resting beside a blooming lotus, deepens the symbolic resonance of the piece. The lotus, long revered as a symbol of rebirth, enlightenment, and purity, reinforces the idea of feminine resilience rooted in cycles of regeneration and spiritual awakening. The composition is rich in visual metaphors that collectively challenge reductive readings of the female form. Rather than objectified beauty, the figure embodies force, continuity, and the sacred. In this portrayal, womanhood becomes a bridge between temporal and eternal realms, between the known world and the cosmic unknown.
Stylistically, the artwork blends lyrical abstraction with iconographic symbolism, drawing from both classical and contemporary influences. The result is a timeless tableau, at once ancient in its spiritual sensibility and contemporary in its feminist articulation. It is a visual invocation that reclaims and redefines feminine identity not as ornament but as origin, not as subject but as source. Contemplative space where inner strength is celebrated through visual grace. It positions the female form not merely as muse or memory, but as a vital, enduring force, embodying creation, resistance, and transcendence within the ever-turning cycles of nature and society.
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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.