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Dibyendu Dey’s paintings cross boundaries: they acknowledge the time-honored styles of Indian visual arts, while also presenting an understated, yet powerful statement on contemporary culture. Dey lives in Burdwan, West Bengal, a city of multiple cultures, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam; a city of mosques and skyscrapers. The kaleidoscopic effect of Burdwan is viscerally present in Dey's works, particularly "Railway Station" and "Terrace Restaurant," whose seemingly tranquil figures hearken back to the traditional Madhubani and Rajput styles. Instead of mythic or royal figures, however, Dey’s subjects are crowded together in disoriented urban tableaus, their boundaries melting, their realities transparent. Dey creates visual fields of spatial and temporal shards, and his works are the portraits of individuals caught in a dynamic within themselves, with each other, and with their shared cultural histories.
Form and Substance
Reception:
Thursday February 22, 2007 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates:
2/20/2007 - 3/13/2007
Invitation to
Dibyendu Dey's exhibition
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Sculptor's Studio
Watercolor on Paper
16.5" x 18"
$2000
Sculptor's Studio
Watercolor on Paper
16.5" x 18"
$2000
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The Restaurant
Watercolor on Paper
21.5" x 17"
$2300
The Restaurant
Watercolor on Paper
21.5" x 17"
$2300
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Railway Station
Watercolor on Paper
31.5" x 38.5"
$4000
Railway Station
Watercolor on Paper
31.5" x 38.5"
$4000
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