Samiran’s divine world
In combination with vision and keen observation, Samiran Chowdhury is now searching for new themes and wants to explain his works differently. The morsels of his lines, tones, textures, and varying mild and bright colours are immersed in his works and have evolved in an abstract style. He is now recognised as a pure abstract painter and prefers to highlight in pleasant splendour the themes of the spiritual world and emotions.
The artist's solo exhibition is now being held at Galleri Kaya in Uttara.
Samiran's paintings, infused with great spiritual intensity, engage the viewer with great emotional force, inspiring contemplation and meditation. He considers pure colour to be the means of expressing emotions.
Samiran's abstractions are composition and form based. Colour composition and some unusual forms are also added in his works. At a point of his artistic career, he did figurative work -- painting men and women, animals, kites, rickshaws, boats, ships, pigeons and sunflowers. During that period, he had a great penchant for portraying the female form against diverse backgrounds.
His latest compositions are marked by delicate brush strokes, bright colours, and effects of light and shade. His application of paint is quite distinctive.
The compositions are complicated at all; textural intensity and harmony of colours are prevalent in his works. Through his paintings, Samiran seeks to convey the message that he is becoming more innovative, using his space to increasingly interact with his colours and forms. The colours involved are azure, red, black, white, yellow and emerald green. Samiran's canvases demonstrate his outstanding grasp of the aesthetic thinking process and reveal a true love for the world.
Over the years Samiran has produced many paintings, where he has primarily depicted realistic images. However, art lovers could not decipher his real style and he could not establish a personal hallmark. In recent times, he has begun to refine himself and feels comfortable in adopting the style of pure abstraction.
Samiran's sketches (charcoal) are powerful in their gallant and economic use of lines. Some of his charcoal sketches are very lively and thought provoking. His works have an authentic ring and capably demonstrate his keen immersion in the inner world.
Samiran Chowdhury, a workaholic, keeps creating the offbeat with phenomenal improvisation and panache. By inventing new forms and exploring different themes, he has acquired a distinguished position in our art scene. Adjoining columns, crumbling walls, subtle images, soft and glowing colours also create a panoramic effect in his works. Anticipations, yearnings, imaginings and nightmares -- these feelings and experiences have been evoked with passion. He allows all these ingredients to frequent his canvases in various symbolic configurations.
Samiran's paintings are rich in aesthetics, besides being powerful and meaningful. The works are an excellent demonstration of his artistic talent and of his personal philosophy.
The exhibition ends on July 16.
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