BOOSTING RIVAL ELEMENTS OF NATURE AND URBS
Jagannath Panda’s art revolves around complexity and contrast, says senior art writer Shubhra Mazumdar.
The soft spoken, well compacted voice at the other end of the phone line, at once puts a hesitant caller like me, at ease. After all, his formidable reputation today, with its rich narrative layers, meaningfully blended motifs define the urban imagery and its unfavourable fallout. It also brings to the forefront the harsh reality that rapid urbanization is ringing the death knell of the city as a modern-day ‘crystal city’ utopia. No wonder his portfolio of exhibitions over the years, boasts of top spaces ranging from prime addresses in India, such as the National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi) and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi to Vadehra Art Gallery, Akara Art (Mumbai) and Emami Art (Kolkata).
Beyond Indian shores, Panda has showcased in Mori Art Museum (Tokyo), Modern Art Museum (Shanghai) and the Pizzuti Collection (Columbus, Ohio), to name a handful.
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