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Jayasri Burman
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The imagery in Jayasri Burman`s work has a dream-like and lyrical quality with a unique sensitivity which, although inspired by the Indian folk element, retains a quality of refreshing candour and reflective honesty, that is as original as it is endearing. She manages very successfully to weave the decorative and design element of the folk idiom into the intricate patterns of her canvas, without losing the natural charm and naivete of her work,...
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The imagery in Jayasri Burman`s work has a dream-like and lyrical quality with a unique sensitivity which, although inspired by the Indian folk element, retains a quality of refreshing candour and reflective honesty, that is as original as it is endearing. She manages very successfully to weave the decorative and design element of the folk idiom into the intricate patterns of her canvas, without losing the natural charm and naivete of her work, which is uniquely her own.
Her concern for women is also evident in her work. Without calling herself feminist, she confesses her desire to see her women content in partaking in the bounties of life. Free, and at one with Nature, her woman is sometimes a coronated ceremonial bird, and at others, a mother Goddess or a creature of the woods.
Jayasri`s closeness to Nature is also reflected her in works. She can reinterpret the lush green environs, the hybridized imagery of a woman who is more bird-like in her grace and form, the stagnant pools that bring out the flamed colours of "Basant" (spring), in her paintings. Jayasri`s latest oeuvre reveals an unconscious suspended energy that can find its parallel in the environs of Santiniketan, where she studied. If she expressed a tranquil sanguine feel in the images she reflected two years ago, this time her vehicle of expression is the dance of colour.
It is not wrong to presume that Jayasri has gained a grace in her works, one that comes from the evolution of her maturity and her own contentment with life as it is. What she has gained then is born out of the opportunity to respond to the varied aspects of Indian culture- this then is a new world of Nature that has inspired the artist to cast her eye upon the paint.
One can also find here, the selection of certain key colours - red, blue or the radiant saffron - provides as a starting point and guide for content, colour and structure. The works are a commitment to an art that is derived from the experience of the landscape - it is more than a matter of seeing things afresh - it is the perception that is aware of the transience and mutability of landscape. She establishes an intimate space, like a secret garden, and invites the viewer to partake of it. Once you step into Jayasri`s fictional world, you can look around and respond immediately to the unorthodox canons of beauty and partake of the choreography of Nature.
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Born
1960
Kolkata
Education
1984 Guidance in Print Making under Monsieur Ceizerzi, France
1979-80 Visual College of Art, Kolkata
1977-79 Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 'Fables and Folklore',...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 'Fables and Folklore', presented by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'The Mythical Universe', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2006 ‘Sacred Feminine’, Art Musings, Mumbai
2005 'Fairytales and Laments: The Mythology of Jayasri Burman', Arts India, Palo Alto
2004 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
2004,00,1999,97 Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi
1992 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996,92,90,85 Chitrakoot Gallery, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 'An Alternative Perspective', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2012 'Women: Sacred and the Temporal', Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2011 'Aureus 2011', Gallerie Nvya, New Delhi
2010 'Size Matters or Does it?', Latitude 28, New Delhi
2009 'Think Small', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Beyond the Form', Bajaj Capital Art House; Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'X at the rate of Jehangir', presented by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 The Indiart Show 2006, Lasalle – Sia, Singapore
2005 ‘The Family’ Art Musings, Mumbai
2005 Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2004 'Brahma to Bapu', Annula Show, Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2004 ‘Shadanga’ Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi
2004 Visual Art Gallery, London
2004 Gallery 27, Cork Street, London
2003 Workshop in Egypt with Indian Contemporary Artists by BAYAR ABS
2001-02 Modi Foundation, London
2001-02 ‘Bollywood Show’, Selfridges, London
2001-02 Group Show of Bengal Art, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2002 ‘The Family -3’, With Sakti Burman, Maya Burman, Jayasri Burman, Apparao Gallery, Chennai
2001 ‘Indian Contemporary’, Hong Kong
2001 ‘Indian Contemporary Fine Art’, Los Angeles, USA
1999 ‘Emerging Trends’, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1997 ‘Panchadashi’, Gallery La Mere, Kolkata
1997 ‘The Best of Bengal from Independence to the Present’, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
1996 ‘Urban Signals, Shifting Images-II’, Birla academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
1994 Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by Eminent Contemporary Artists, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
1993 ‘Life-Long’, Emerald Isle, Kolkata
1992 ‘The Baijis’, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
1991 ‘A Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1990 ‘Kolkata Through the Eyes of Painters’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1989 ‘Young Faces in Contemporary Indian Art’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1999 ‘Summer Show by Contemporary Eminent Artists of Bengal’, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
1984 Three Person Exhibition, Paris
Participations
2013-14 'Transition', 20th Anniversary Show, Centre of International Modern Art(CIMA), Kolkata
2010 'Art Celebrates 2010: Sports and the City', represented by Art Alive Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to coincide with the hosting of the Commonwealth Games
2010 'Summer Show 2010', Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
2010 Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Moderns', Royal Cultural Centre, Amman, Jordan organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in collaboration with Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan
2004 Annual Exhibition, Art Musings, Mumbai
1991 Annual Exhibition of Graphics, Paintings and Sculptures, Gallery BF-14, Kolkata
1987 International Triennale, Intergraphic, Germany
1986 Bharat Bhavan Biennale, Bhopal
1983-85 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1983-85 National Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademy, Kolkata
1983-85 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
Honours and Awards
1987 Certificate of Merit, All India Youth Art Exhibition
1985 National Award
1979 Awards given by the College of Visual Arts in Tempera for Outstanding Merit in the Annual Exhibition
1987 Certificate of Merit, All India Youth Art Exhibition
1985 National Award
1979 Awards given by the College of Visual Arts in Tempera for Outstanding Merit in the Annual Exhibition
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Untitled (Ganga)
Watercolour, pen and ink on paper pasted on aluminium composite panel
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Abahana (Invocation)
Watercolour, acrylic and pen on paper pasted on board
61 x 102.25 in
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Untitled
Watercolour and gouache on paper
19.5 x 19.5 in
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