…. Curator’s Pen by Prabuddha Ghosh

Sunflower: The Luminous Axis of Art, Spirit and Contemporary Consciousness By Prabuddha Ghosh The sunflower remains one of the most evocative subjects in visual culture—bridging art, spirituality and lived experience. More than a botanical form, it operates as a symbol of light, temporality and inner alignment, continually reinterpreted across cultures and artistic movements. Native to the Americas, sunflowers were cultivated by indigenous communities for food, medicine and pigments used in craft and visual expression. Introduced to Europe in the 16th century, they gradually evolved from utilitarian crops into ornamental and symbolic forms. Their heliotropic nature—turning toward the sun—established them as universal emblems of devotion, vitality and spiritual seeking. In India, the sunflower resonates with the energy of Surya, embodying abundance and the eternal rhythm of life, death and rebirth. Across cultures, it has symbolized courage, longevity, gratitude and optimism. Even i...

Sculpting Inner Architectures: Jitendra Patel and the poetics of Contemporary form by Prabuddha Ghosh Recently at Jehangir Art Gallery , sculptor Jitendra Patel unveils a body of work that signals remarkable artistic maturity and psychological depth. An alumnus of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda , Patel emerges from a formidable modernist lineage, yet his sculptural vocabulary is intensely personal, contemporary and philosophically charged. For Patel, sculpture is not an object but a culmination of prolonged introspection. Each form evolves through sustained internal dialogue, research, and conceptual negotiation. His works crystallize emotional memory and existential inquiry, offering layered narratives without imposing fixed interpretations. They invite participation rather than passive viewing.  The human body remains central, though rarely intact. Through abstraction and fragmentation, anatomical certainty dissolves into rhythmic contours and symbolic volumes. These ...

A New Vista in My Creative Journey: Entering Digital Art in 2025 by Prabuddha Ghosh A fter more than thirty-five years of dedicated engagement with photography and nearly two decades of sustained practice in digital photography, I have now entered a new and significant phase of my creative journey: the field of Digital Art. This transition has emerged organically through reflection, experimentation and encouragement from individuals whose guidance and faith have been deeply meaningful to me. In particular, I wish to acknowledge the constant motivation and mentorship of my friend and senior artist, Shri Atul Padiaji of Vadodara, Gujarat, whose encouragement gave me the confidence to explore this medium with greater seriousness and depth. Equally important has been the role of my younger brother, Shri Jayanta Khan of Kolkata, who, through his persistent inspiration over more than a year, urged me to take this decisive step and begin a new chapter in my artistic life. I also believe t...

The Indian Art Trend of 2025: Continuity, Aesthetic Recycling and the Absence of Radical Departure by Prabuddha Ghosh The year 2025 in the Indian art landscape may be characterized less by rupture and more by continuity—marked by a sustained engagement with established aesthetic vocabularies, familiar conceptual frameworks and stylistic lineages that have been circulating for nearly a decade or we can say post pandemic. While the production volume, visibility and market circulation of artworks continued to expand, the year did not witness any significant conceptual or formal breakthrough that could be described as a decisive shift in Indian contemporary art practice. Instead, 2025 unfolded as a phase of “mix-and-match continuity,” where artists selectively recombined existing visual languages, inherited narratives and recognizable aesthetics without substantially reconfiguring their underlying epistemologies. A prominent tendency throughout the year was the continued reliance on alre...