Bratati Mukherjee

Born in Kolkata, 1954

Education:

Self taught

Solo Exhibitions:

2008 – Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 – Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
           
Group Exhibitions:

2009 – Annual exhibition, Birla Academy, Kolkata
2008 – Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2008 – D.D. Neroy Gallery, Mumbai
2008 – Arts 39, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2008 – Annual Exhibition of 'Esperance', Academy of Fine Arts, kolkata
2007 – All India Annual Exhibition of the Academy of fine Arts, Kolkata
2007 – Contemporary Art India and WWf, New Delhi
2007 – “Concern for humanity”, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2007 – Annual Exhibition, Samokal Art Gallery, Kolkata
2007 – Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2007 – Angan Art Gallery, Kolkata
2007 – Samokal Art Gallery, Kolkata
2006 – Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2006 – Gallery Damayanti, New Delhi
2006 –Annual exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2005 – Annual exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2003 – “Touch”, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2002 – Annual exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
2001 – Annual exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata

Comments:

I feel that it is increasingly difficult to find any semblance of beauty in the brutal world around us. Beauty is all pervading, but we are so overwhelmingly enveloped by it, that we find it difficult to see what lies in front of our very eyes. Art, in essence, seeks to imitate life, and in turn captures that elusive grace. It is, therefore, my belief that art as a form of expression has an increasingly important role to play in the era that we live in. Art redeems mankind, and it is through my painting that I seek to crystallize the evanescent grace of the world, and conquer, and perhaps even transcend, its savagery. The primary objective of my painting is not to depict realistic images but to evoke feelings and emotions in the minds of the viewer. The reason that this is so important is that most of human life exists unconsciously beneath the surface of perception and beyond that reach of voluntary, purposeful thinking. Within this nether world lie the strong untamed and irrational forces that give life to our being and definition to what it means to be human. In the words of William Blake : “If the doors of perception were cleansed, Everything would appear to man as it is, infinite”.