2026 참여작가 · 인도작가
딥티시 고시 다스티다르
Diptish Ghosh Dastidar
On the way to Gangasagar
Acrylic on Canvas · 107 cm x 92 cm · 제작연도 2026
ARTIST NOTE
“On the way to Gangasagar”
Every year during Makar Sankranti, millions of devotees travel to Sagar Island—a delta where the River Ganges meets the Bay of Bengal—for a holy bath. Before taking the final boat across, thousands of pilgrims and sadhus rest in Kolkata, staying in large transit camps across the city.
The artist chose not to paint this from a normal eye-level or a high bird's-eye view. Instead, the scene is painted from a below surface perspective, looking up. This uncommon angle challenges the viewer’s usual way of looking at things. It reveals a different reality, adds plurality to how we see the world, and helps change our mindset by shifting our focus to what is often overlooked.
• The Below Surface Perspective: Pilgrims bare feet stretch right out in front, making the exhaustion, grit, and hard physical effort of the journey.
• Old Tradition Meets Modern Travel: Holy men in traditional saffron robes sit on cheap plastic chairs instead of prayer mats, surrounded by transit tents, a water bottle, buses, and signboards. While one traveller carefully reads papers, an older sadhu rests quietly.
By framing the scene through a below surface perspective, it captures continuous changing social history like the other paintings of the artist.
PROFILE
DIPTISH GHOSH DASTIDAR GRADUATED FROM INDIAN COLLEGE OF ART AND DRAUGHTSMANSHIP-1986 SCHOLARSHIPS: NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP (MOC) - Govt. of India -1988-1990 JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (MOC) - Govt. of India -1993-1995 SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (MOC)-Govt. of India- 2010-2012 AWARD: *SHILPI SAMMAN",FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN ART, WEST BENGAL STATE ACADEMY (GOVT.OF WB)-2023 *RAJYA CHARUKALA BEST PAINTING AWARD-1992 *RAJYA CHARUKALA BEST PAINTING AWARD-1994 EXHIBITIONS: *NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF AT by LKA- 1992,1997,1998,2003,2025 & 2026 *EASTERN REGION ART EXHIBITION BY LALIT KALA AKADEMI, KOLKATA-1992,2002 *HUMAN ART & FORM' by LALIT KALA AKADEMI,CHENNAI-2000 GROUP SHOWS: *‘BENGAL BYON BOUNDARIES’ curated by UMA NAIR, org by AAKRITI ART GALLERY, at BIKANEAR HOUSE, NEW DELHI-2023 *‘YOUNG FACES IN CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART’- Birla Academy, Kolkata-1994 *‘IMPRESSIONS FROM CALCUTTA’- HEIDLEBERG, GERMANY-1993 AIFACS-2001 *‘JAGORAN’-Oberoi Grand-1997 *BISWABANGLA MILLENIUM EXHIBITION (Prabaha-2)-Kolkata-2000 *‘INDIAN SRREALISM’ Curated by Prof. Sovon Som, AAKRITI ART GALLERY,KOLKATA-2007 *CURATORIAL SHOW BY NANAK GANGULY at Tao Art Gallery, MUMBAI-2001-2002 *CYMROZA ART GALLERY, MUMBAI-2008 *‘VISWAROOPA’EXHIBITION AT BIRLA AKADEMY, Curated by JOHNY ML,KOLKATA-2015 *THREE MEN SHOW, NINE FISH GALLERY, MUMBAI-2017 *BIRLA ACADEMY ANNUAL, RAJYA CHARUKALA ANNUAL, ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ANNUAL, KOLKATA, SEVERAL TIMES. WORKSHOPS/ ARTIST’S CAMP: PORT BLAIR, CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF CELLULAR JAIL by ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION SRINAGAR,BIHAR MUSEUM(2019),BHOPAL,BHOPAL(Memorial Museum-2013),NATIONAL ART CAMP (DEFENCE MINISTRY, Govt of India,Comomorating 100 years of world war),UJJAIN TRIVENI MUSEUM(2016),NATIONAL PAINTING CAMP at AYODHYA,NATIONAL PAINTING CAMP at LUCKNOW,INTERNATIONAL PAINTING WORKSHOP AT KHAIRAGARH UNIVERSITY(2019),ART RESIDENCY AT TIRUPATI(2019). COLLECTIONS: *NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART,LALIT KALA AKADEMI, NIRMANA GROUP OF HOTELS, TRIVENI MUSEUM (UJJAIN), CELLULAR JAIL MUSEUM,BHOPAL WAR MUSEUM,WAR MUSEUM (NEW DELHI), TULSI SODH SANGSTHAN (AYODHYA).
