Parallel Facets

New York City’s TamarindArt Gallery is very excited to announce their first scheduled shows of 2007. The first—Parallel Facets—begins February 21st, with an opening reception on that date at 6:00PM.

Parallel Facets will mark the first time the gallery will feature paintings and sculptures in a single show. Works by two very renowned artists, Samir Aich and Niranjan Pradhan, will be exhibited; both have been in the contemporary Indian art scene for over three decades and each has mastered his medium over the years. Both are well recognized in India and abroad.

A product of the Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta, Samir Aich uses unusual surfaces and media to express his creative impulses. His abstract canvases are bold and expressive, combining dark colored backgrounds with organic overtones with powerful lines and emphatic dots. These superbly blended elements produce a spectacular visual experience.

Born in 1940 in Sunderbans, Niranjan Pradhan moved to Calcutta and was admitted to the Government College of Art and Craft at the age of 18 where he earned a diploma in painting in 1964 and in sculpture in 1967. The bucolic life of his youth in direct contrast to the urbanization that is Calcutta provides the basis of his work. His abstract forms are very much modern; some reflect the sharp-angled rigidity of cubism, others are reminiscent of the sinuous curves and hollow voids produced by famed English sculptor Henry Moore.

Parallel Facets will run through March 17 at the gallery located at 142 East 39th Street, New York.

Details are also being finalized for TamarindArt’s first anniversary celebration. The exhibition coming in March is expected to offer up some exceptional Indian contemporary art with some surprises along the way. Keep an eye out for details coming soon.


Call 212-990-9000 or visit the website at http://tamarindart.com/index.asp for more information on these shows specifically or regarding Indian contemporary art in general.