Month-long exhibition on at 105arts Gallery, H. No. 105, Sector 11, Chandigarh from January 18 to February 18, 12 noon to 6 pm
For the first time Chandigarh’s famous private art gallery 104arts has curated a month-long solo exhibition of one of the leading contemporary artists of the country. Titled Circling Harmony, the exhibition will have on display art works by Jagannath Paul from January 18 to February 18.
For Jagannath, an artist from a small West Bengal town miles away from Kolkata who has buyers scattered all over the country and world, a solo exhibition in Chandigarh is a first, though he has a sizable client base in Ludhiana.
Centred on Jagannath’s primary subject – man and woman – the collection rendered on circular canvases, varying in sizes from 24 inches to 48 inches in diameter, symbolise eternal nature of love and togetherness.
Curator Mehak Bhan from 105arts explains the concept of the exhibition thus: “A universal motif, the circle evokes completeness, and Jagannath masterfully intertwines this timeless shape with tender narratives of relationships. Each stroke unfolds the layers of relationship, the male-female bond, the rich evocative textures and soulful figures. What binds us is love and with it comes harmony.”
As a kid, it was painting and drawing the goddesses during Durga Puja in West Bengal that instilled the love for art in Jagannath. Later taking formal training, he moved base to Mumbai where he worked as a set designer for Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra. “I did the set design for Rang De Basanti, Aks, Vashu Bhagnani’s Om Jai Jagdish amongst many projects,” he shares.
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Later he chanced into the world of connoisseurs of art when his first painting got sold in a curated exhibition, and since then has not looked back, participating in many a prestigious national and international exhibition both within the country and abroad, winning acclaim and a host of awards.
Capturing love and emotion by using charcoal and mixed media technique, for Jagannath man and woman are central to his art – their bonding, their natural expression, their body language, their dreams, their thoughts, and more.
The varied nuances, moods, emotions of male and female relationship are manifested in his paintings through the medium of charcoals and colours on paper and canvas.
Jagannath’s 20-odd artworks on display in the month-long exhibition at 105arts gallery have been variously titled as Bond of Love’, Soul Made, Affection, Together Forever, Eternal Love, Eternal Bonding, The Spring and Entwined Heart.
Welcome to Circling Harmony @105arts!
