Malay Chandan Saha

Born: 1961

Education/Training: Fine Arts from College of Visual Arts, Kolkata.

Exhibitions: Several major shows in Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Bhopal, Varanasi, Lucknow, Amritsar, Nagpur, Patna and USA, Recipient of many national awards.

About:

Vivid colors laid with broad masculine brushstrokes onto his surfaces, instill a rich ambience and happy vitality into this artist’s small-format, jewel-bright landscapes. Semi-abstracted though they are, Malay’s suggestive compositions illustrate the descriptive possibilities of a sensitively wielded palette. Space and form are not merely defined, but acquire substance and evocative resonance from imaginative handling of pure chromatic hues and contrasts. Whether portraying the swirl and clarity of waves of bright water flanked by blue hills, the framing of dark silhouettes by the richness of a scarlet sunset or the sober rusticity of rocks and an unmanned boat nestled against the gaiety of a technicolor beach, the artist’s often geometrical application of color strokes, build depth and drama into his compositions.