The only sculptor among the founding members of the Calcutta Group, Prodosh Das Gupta’s choice of medium was bronze to which he brought the malleability but also solidness of clay. Queen Relaxing is a fascinating work of art that continues with the artist’s quest to give an energy and momentum to the subjects that he sculpts with passion. There is no geometrical approximation or proportion but the figure in this sculpture still gives a sense of a mysterious quality that’s immediately gripping.
published references
Singh, Kishore, ed., The Art of Bengal (New Delhi: DAG, 2012), p. 363 Singh, Kishore, ed. A Visual History of Indian Modern Art, Volume X: In The Round (New Delhi: DAG, 2015), p. 1786 Singh, Kishore, ed., The Naked and The Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art, Edition Two (New Delhi: DAG, 2015), p. 158 Singh, Kishore, ed., India’s French Connection | Indian Artists in France (New Delhi: DAG, 2018), p. 76
Prodosh Das Gupta
Queen Relaxing
1986
Bronze
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Prodosh Das Gupta
Queen Relaxing
1986
Bronze
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