Gallery Silver Scpaes
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Artist: Chaitali Chanda
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 48 × 36 inches (121.92 × 91.44 cm)
Year: 2023
This vibrant and richly detailed painting by Chaitali Chanda captures a lively scene of women engaged in the traditional harvest of jackfruit beneath the sprawling canopy of a majestic jackfruit tree. The composition is a celebration of communal labor, cultural heritage, and the beauty of everyday life, rendered in a folk art style that emphasizes texture, color, and intricate detailing.
At the forefront of the artwork, clusters of ripe, golden-yellow jackfruit pods create a lush, abundant foreground. These fruits are scattered among the women who are actively engaged in gathering them, their dynamic postures and gestures evoking a sense of movement and shared purpose. One woman cradles a young child, seamlessly weaving the threads of family and work into the vibrant tapestry of the scene.
The women’s traditional attire is a feast of color and pattern, showcasing a broad spectrum of reds, pinks, blues, and golds. Each garment is intricately painted, with detailed patterns and ornamental jewelry accentuating wrists and hands, highlighting the artist’s meticulous attention to cultural specifics and individual character. The interplay of these vivid hues against the deep green of the tree’s foliage creates a captivating visual harmony. Above the figures, the large jackfruit tree dominates the composition with its dense canopy of vibrant green leaves. The surrounding flora includes delicately rendered flowers and plants in pastel shades of pinks and purples, enriching the environment with a serene, almost ethereal quality. This detailed botanical backdrop not only enhances the setting but also reinforces the connection between the women and the natural world.
Chaitali Chanda’s folk art-inspired style combines strong textural elements with bold colors and fine brushwork, resulting in a painting that feels both intimate and grand in scale. The piece invites viewers to appreciate the rhythms of rural life, the richness of cultural traditions, and the beauty found in communal endeavors. This artwork is a vivid testament to the resilience and grace of the women it portrays, set against the timeless backdrop of nature’s bounty.
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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.