Nostalgia of 70’s Scribble Book
“What I
remember that last time I went for sketch the steam locomotives at
Bandel Locomotives Workshop (West Bengal, India). But I was sad to hear
that the steam locomotives were obsoleted in India. Those ware
disassembled and dispatch for the museum and others for scrap. The year
was 1992, after that I didn’t do any live sketch of the engine in my
scribble book”. says Biswas… That scribble books had an old memories of
indian stem locomotives in 70’s.
Last 25 years, a long time Kishore is working on this nostalgic subject. 2014 in Mumbai he had a first solo show called “NOSTALGIA OF INDIAN STEAM LOCOMOTIVES“, after that in Delhi, Dubai and abroad…
“Even that time I didn’t finish my series of “NOSTALGIA OF INDIAN STEAM LOCOMOTIVES“….
Yes I had a couple of scribble book on Indian steam locomotives. Which
is a inspiration of my work. I did a lot sketch of the Indian railways
worker like; signal man, firemen, technical man, divers and other
worker. I captured their character, life style and the locomotive
workshop. Which represent the mode of Indian railways in 70’s. Indian
steam locomotives had a unique character. Which very informal and casual
look. The locomotives looked very noisy, muddy and rusted, the people
were very informal, looking dark and beard face with a red pagri. It’s
so interesting say Biswas And that is my nostalgia on Steam
locomotives” says Biswas.
Kishore likes the drawing, when he was in art college, studied portrait
and human figures. He loved to observe the light and shade on live
object. Kishore crazy to capture the outdoor sequence. In that time he
worked on watercolor, pencil, pen and ink. Biswas says “when I sketch
any character I want to be act like them… I tried to enter more of the
character too… still I habit to work like this…”
“For years, I woke up at midnight and started painting impromptu. I still find that very gratifying.” – Meet Kishore Pratim Biswas, Indian contemporary artist.
Kishore’s more
than 25-year journey in modern contemporary art movement has not only
strengthened his unconventional thought process, but architected his
painting style too.
Born in Kolkata, 44 year-old Kishore was
passionate about art since childhood. After graduating in Fine Arts
from Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta, 1997. Kishore
spent some struggling years in his hometown and then moved to Mumbai in
2009.
Biswas says “Creating painting makes me emotional. I feel nostalgic from what my experience, with related to contemporary arts, movies, musics, trends, culture and communities… to think how those created. I use to create a series with found content from old sketch books, place and seniors. My painting is mostly about a old affection, ambiance that represent the nostalgia. You can better to say FORM OF A NOSTALGIA.”
Kishore used to draw so many portrait of
workers in Indian locomotives… the sketch book says “when I sketched any
character I wanted to be act like them… I tried to enter more of the
character… still I habit to paint like this…
Kishore
organized his solo exhibition in Kolkata in 1996. In 1997, he displayed
his work of art at several group shows around the country. Even though
Kishore has a long way to go, his paintings are slowly making their way into the homes of collectors of modern Indian art.
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