Artist
Arpita Basu
Arpita Basu’s art is bound to the rhythms and traditions of Bengal. Steeped in lyrical folksy beauty, her watercolours capture the idyllic rhythms of everyday life in its towns, cities and villages – boys spinning tops, kids sipping tender coconut, a woman with cats and a young parrot seller. But the textually rich canvasses (layered in handmade rice paper) in green, ochre, nutmeg and turquoise also throw up a keen, multi-layered socio-cultural commentary on rural life in the coastal state.
The Kolkata-based artist, whose work is part of the archival collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, reinvents the age-old medium of Kantha. The traditional, embroidered, handmade quilts made by Bengali women are reimagined as vivid, contemporary tapestries. Peppered with billowing white clouds, flying white cranes and dusky, rustic protagonists, the quilt-like narratives offer a bird’s eye view of homes, fields and people at work, play and rest.
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My City 02
Watercolour on Paper 40 x 30 inchesArpita BasuPrice on Inquiry| Sold -
Kantha 01
Watercolour on Paper 24 x 20 inchesArpita BasuPrice on Inquiry| Sold -
Rural Life
Watercolour on Paper 19.5 x 15.5 inchesArpita BasuPrice on Inquiry| Sold -
Rituals
Watercolor on paper 20 x 15 inchesArpita BasuPrice on Inquiry| Sold -
Journey
Watercolor on paper 30 x 20 inchesArpita BasuPrice on Inquiry| Sold -
Durga Pooja
Watercolor on paper 20 x 30 inchesArpita BasuPrice on Inquiry| Sold -
Bliss
Watercolour on Paper 23 x 30 inchesArpita BasuPrice on Inquiry| Sold -
Amorous 01
Watercolor on paper 20 x 30 inchesArpita BasuPrice on Inquiry| Sold -
Kite
Watercolour on Paper 24 x 18 inchesArpita BasuPrice on Inquiry| Sold
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