Friday, 29 April 2016

“The Enchanting Siddhartha” - An Exhibition of inner peace by Suman Parasrampuria



5th February ’16, Kolkata: Art is multifaceted and even an entire lifetime may be short to experience its varied forms.This is a journey on which Suman Parasrampuria has ventured to experience art. To bring forth spontaneity to the subject she has chosen Enchanting Siddhartha. Her work “Enchanting Siddhartha”was unveiled by Smt. Bharati Roy, Ex Pro Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University on 5th February 2016 at Gallery Gold, near Menoka Cinema Hall at 5.30pm.
The Exhibition continues till 10th February 2016, from 3pm to 8pm daily.

Suman Parasrampuria, searches for expressions through art. She plays with colours in her paintings depicting her ethos, a spontaneous and joyful celebration of life. Suman’s paintings portray her baroque style, be it landscapes, seascapes or portraits. From a housewife, a cancer patient to an aspirant artist she is a self-taught painter, rekindling her love for art. She has been a part of many group exhibitions over the years and her work has also been commissioned for use in places like, New Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, UK, USA and Germany.She expresses herself through various mediums which converge to create her explicit style. With her creativity and imagination she has indulged in acrylic technique.

Life lost all its meaning and colours to Suman, when she was undergoing the painful recovery process and sessions of chemotherapy. At the end of her final surgery she realised that she was cancer free which gave her a new inspiration to hold the brush again to rejuvenate and save herself spiritually.

During her recovery from cancer, she courageously decided to paint again. She then wondered what to draw and deep down within, a voice whispered to her artistic soul to try “Buddha” symbol of inner peace. Buddha was a very natural and intrinsic call for her. Suman gradually started painting Buddha and soon peace prevailed to awaken her soul. For someone who experienced life near-death moments every day, Buddha helped her to realize the deep philosophy that nothing exists independently or eternally; nothing is permanent. Buddha said “The mind is everything. What you think, you become. If you change your thinking, you will change your life”. This literally helped her change her own perspective towards life.

Speaking on her exhibition Suman Parasrampuria said “My recent work named “Enchanting Siddhartha” was started couple of years. I tried to portray pleasant, peaceful and attractive Buddha images, poured my soul into it. So through my current work “Enchanting Siddhartha” tried to express the various moods of Buddha which I gain from the environment and people around me.”

Some of her exhibitions in India include imparting Creativity at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata (2012) ; imparting Creativity 2 at I. C. C. R. (Indian Council For Cultural Relations), Kolkata (2014); The High Renaissance, at Lalitkala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, with ARTS-UNLIMITED The Gallery (2014);Claude Lorrain at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, with ARTS-UNLIMITED The Gallery (2014) ; imparting Creativity 3 at ICCR. (Indian Council For Cultural Relations), Kolkata (2015) and many more .

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