It takes time to creep out of the shadows cast by giants... and if they happen to be your parents, it's a longer crawl... i'm talking of Chandana Hore, the daughter of Somenath Hore and Reba Hore(see, i mentioned her lineage before i started speaking of her)
Chandana is a 42-year-old artist, who holds a master's degree in Fine Arts from Visva Bharati... her solo exhibition of water colours, mixed media and the occasional oil on canvas recently left 'art critics' of Kolkata in a dizzy, because no one knew what they were writing about...
Some say to work in water colours in harder than working in oil paints, you have to know the colours really well, and then the individual drops of water you choose... thick paint, bright colours, and the magic of colour mixing with the drops...
"Then the petals open. They are the image of joy and pain. Life and death. Blue and red. Drop by drop. I loved the sea'' — goes Chandana's hand-written message in one. "Rodon bhara e basanta"(this spring deluged by tears), goes another, with no connection with the image which shows a figure, lacking not just emotions, but even the absence of silence....
Yet no one called her immature. Faces, of mostly women, drawn up without expression, yet without ambiguity or interest for the viewer. And there is not a hint of "irony" or "immeasurable sadness" her appreciators mention... i think, going by the sheer number and style of what i saw as untitled pieces, the artist is unsure of herself. She plays with paint like a kite who tangles herself in the submerged fishing nets of a pond where she dives to catch a fish.
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It was very interesting to see Chandana Hore art work and critical review.
I was a classmate of Chandana in school - after that a long time we haven't seen or in contact with each other. I am so glad to see her as an accomplished artist.
Great work!! Keep on creating!!
This is Chira!!
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