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School of Fine Arts, Mission Road, Digboi (2026)

29/05/2024

The Retrospective Bird

The Bird in this work is magnanimous when placed in comparison with human entities. It exists like a quiet and detached witness of everything that happens all around. It projects a major shift of perspectives and if observed from an objective angle we will find that our life and its strifes seem as amusing and absurd to them as their lives appear to us. Birds are considered to represent freedom by virtue of their being endowed with wings. They seem to promise a land of dreams, a distant land, an idyllic heaven on earth. Their range of observation is always believed to be greater than any other creature because they can watch things from above and therefore they can cover a greater range of vision. Their vision is almost omnipresent as if they are inspecting each speck of action with precision.

The gigantic bird forms a natural canopy like s shelter for earthlings. Such a depiction conveys the message of how important and essential birds are from an environmentalist's perspective. The Bird is depicted in a style which is a transition in form from realistic to abstract. The shades are not white but rather dull yellow symptomatic of the dullness affected by pollution. The backdrop and its intermingling of cool and dark shades indicates the mysterious, the occult, the inexplicable and sometimes sinister implications of Nature. The human faces with hollow eyes and hollow mouths are huddled together as if deposited along the shafts of the bird's legs. Humans are disrupting Nature through a slow poisoning effect of their developmental activities and now they helplessly struggle to cling to the remnants of Nature as the last bit of hope survival also seems to perish. The Bird is thus a retrospective indicator of what we have hitherto sown and the despicable harvest that we are left with. The quick and bold mixing of warm and cool shades reverberates with the energy of the bird, which has perhaps taken a perch of rest after an arduous flight across the denizens of forests.

Art by Sri Chandan Kumar Nandy
Watercolor on 300 GSM paper
Size - 28", 22"

09/05/2024

Tagore took up painting relatively late in his career, when he was in his sixties. Nevertheless, he produced thousands of works and was the first Indian artist to exhibit across Europe, Russia and the United States. His painting style was very individual, characterised by simple bold forms and a rhythmic quality.

His first paintings were highly imaginative works, usually focusing on animals or imaginary creatures, which are full of vitality and humour. Human figures are depicted either as individuals with expressive gestures or as groups in theatrical settings. In portraits produced during the 1930s, he rendered the human face in a way reminiscent of a mask or persona. Tagore also produced landscape paintings, although these represent the smallest output among his works.

Portrait of Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore painted by Sri Chandan Kumar Nandy

Monochrome in Black and White on 300GSM Paper

12" / 8"

08/05/2024

A One Day Workshop on painting entitled Creativity in Colours was organised by School of Fine Arts, Digboi in the premises of Vivekananda Vidyalay H S School Digboi on 28 April 2024. The Program began at 8:30 AM and their were several sessions where students were taught Pencil shading, watercolor techniques, Book Mark Designing, Doodling, Cartooning and several other art forms. Around 50 students from several schools of Digboi participated in this program and showed a lot of excitement and enthusiasm. The day long workshop was followed by a Cultural Program and Felicitation Ceremony in the evening in the auditorium of Vivekananda Vidyalay, Digboi. The Chief Guests present in the program were Sri Chandan Nandy, renowned artist of Assam, Sri Pranab Bhattacharjee, retired Teacher of Vivekananda Vidyalay, Sri Dhiraj Thapa, Principal of Vivekananda Vidyalay H S School, and Sri Debabrata Gupta, Social Activist and founder of Santan Seva Pratishthan Digboi. Participation Certificates were distributed among all participants. Students performed Bihu Dance and recited poems as a part of the Cultural Program. Parents were supportive and were present in the Felicitation Ceremony. The initiative was greatly appreciated by all the guests present in the meeting. The occasion was also graced by noted academicians like Dr. Amar Upadhyaya Sir, Sri Sanjay Das Sir, Sri Dulu Moni Das Sir, Sri Ram Janam Gupta Sir and Sri Sridhar Pathak Sir.

School of Fine Arts, Digboi is the oldest and the first institute in Digboi and in the district of Tinsukia disseminating art education and training in creative craft since 1978. It was established by Sri Chandan Nandy, Retired Teacher and nationally recognised Senior Artist

Report Of One Day Art Workshop published in Purvanchal Prahari.

30/04/2024

Creativity in Colours - A One-Day Workshop on Painting organised by School of Fine Arts, Digboi in the premises of Vivekananda Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School, Digboi with the purpose of motivating young learners to boost up their creative imagination.

19/04/2024

Faces have multifarious aspects. They reveal and conceal in varied proportions but in today's deceptive world they conceal more than revealing anything. Faces are judged the most, needless to say that such judgments are mistaken and superficial. Visually perhaps the most intricate feature of a human being is his/her face. Facial expressions change their contours with age and might become pervasively dubious. Emotions underlying the several facial expressions mostly do not coincide and that accounts for complicated personalities. There are endless adjectives to decorate facial qualities ranging from attractive faces, gratifying faces, pretty faces, inviting faces, sizzling faces, alluring faces, meditative faces to ugly faces, gruesome faces, grotesque faces, horrifying faces, demonic faces, profane faces, disgusting faces and so on.

Visual impulses are very powerful and their impact is also strong. Faces therefore function as a potent impulse and so they response that they create is instant, perceptible and acceptable. We don't have to manipulate our reaction. They are quick. So strong is our judgmental sense that the face becomes a sheath to contain an entire individual. Physical discrepancies, if any, are visualised gradually, but the face is always the first thing to be easily visualised and captured is the face. Therefore, in this work you find an elongated face that covers the entire personality. The eyes are hollow suggestive of a universal identity. The dark background projects an anonymous dimension and highlights the face in its ambiance. The viewer's perception might be subjective depending on his/her predominant qualities.

Artwork by Chandan Kumar Nandy

Title - THE FACE
Size - 30" x 22"
Medium - Watercolor on 350 GSM Handmade Paper

14/04/2024

অতিকৈ চেনেহৰ বহাগৰ বিহুটি, তাতোকৈ চেনেহৰ বিহু , তাতোকৈ চেনেহৰ বহাগৰ বিহুটি , নাপাতি কেনেকৈ থাকো’ সকলো অসমবাসীক চেনেহৰ ৰঙালীৰ আন্তৰিক শুভেচ্ছা জনালো। ❤️❤️❤️❤️
HAPPY RONGALI BIHU 🌹🌹🌹

Wish you a Very Happy RONGALI BIHU, POILA BOISAKH & the grandeur of Springtime.

Watercolor on Ivory Paper
8" x 11"
Theme - "Bihu Kunwori"

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05/04/2024

Digboi Anime Club presents Online Art Contest.

Deadline : 13th April, 2024

♥️Open Call for All Young & Budding Artists

❤️ Upper Age Limit for participation is 18 years

Registration - ₹50/- only

Process of Registration-
1. Pay online
2. Send a Clear Image of any one of your Art Works (no digital art allowed)
3. Send Your Name
4. Your Contact & WhatsApp numbers
5. Send us a screenshot of your payment

*Special Highlights*
👉 3 lucky winners will get a T-shirt and an Anime Poster
👉Offline / Online Promotion will be given
👉 Participation Certificates in soft copy shall be awarded to each participant on successful submission of entry.

*Note*
👉 There will be no refund of Participation Fee in any case.

⭐ Google Pay, Phone Pe and PayTM number
📱8471987686

HURRY and SHOW UP YOUR CREATIVITY 🎊🎊🎊🎊

12/03/2024

Students in Action Session at SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, DIGBOI

16/02/2024

সরস্বতী সর্ববিদ্যা জগজ্জ্যেষ্ঠা সুমঙ্গলা |
বাগ্দেবী বরদা বর্যা কীর্তিঃ সর্বার্থসাধিকা।।
বাগীশ্বরী ব্রহ্মবিদ্যা মহাবিদ্যা সুশোভনা।
গ্রাহ্যবিদ্যা বেদবিদ্যা ধর্মবিদ্যাঽঽত্মভাবিতা।।

- দুর্গাসহস্রনামস্তোত্রম্ (শ্রীস্কন্দপুরাণ)

ART WORK

Size - 22" x 28"
Watercolour on Opaque Paper

(The shloka or verses have been excerpted from DURGA-SAHASRANAMA-STOTRA present in SKANDAPURANA and specifically in these two couplets the Goddess is named in representative forms of knowledge. She is identified as Saraswati, equivalent to all forms of knowledge, most revered in the Universes and manifesting supreme auspiciousness. She is the Goddess of Speech, Giver of boons, and enables opulence and prosperity. She controls rhetoric, imparts wisdom and blesses with goodness. She offers accessible knowledge of the Vedas and blesses us with righteous perception.)

05/01/2024

Based on Chandrayaan - 3
Acrylic on Black Paper
25" x 40"

20/09/2023

🙏🏵🙏 আধুনিক চিত্রকলার কালি-তুলি-কাগজের পথিকৃৎ বাঙালি কার্টুনিস্ট গগনেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর 🙏🏵🙏

শিল্পরসিক ও মঞ্চাভিনেতা হিসেবেও তাঁর সুনাম রয়েছে। ১৮৬৭ সালের ১৮ সেপ্টেম্বর গগনেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর কলকাতার জোড়াসাঁকোর ঠাকুর পরিবারে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। জোড়াসাঁকোর এ জমিদার পরিবারের যুগপৎ খ্যাতি ছিল বিপুল বৈভব ও শিল্প-সংস্কৃতির পৃষ্ঠপোষকতার জন্য। ১৮৮১ সালে মাত্র চৌদ্দ বছর বয়সে পিতৃহারা হওয়ার পর তাঁর স্কুলের পড়াশুনা বন্ধ হয়, তার বদলে শুরু হয় জমিদারির কাজ এবং সে সঙ্গে পরিবারের প্রধান হিসেবে সামাজিক দায়-দায়িত্ব পালন। কিন্তু এতদ্সত্ত্বেও ভারতীয় ও পাশ্চাত্য সাহিত্যে তাঁর ছিল প্রবল আগ্রহ। নিজের বাড়িতেই তিনি বিশাল এক গ্রন্থাগার গড়ে তোলেন। স্কুলের বন্ধন ছিন্ন হওয়াতেই তিনি স্ব-শিক্ষার সুযোগ পান, যেমনটি পেয়েছিলেন রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর।
গগনেন্দ্রনাথের চিত্রবিদ্যা শিক্ষার কোনো নির্দিষ্ট পথ লক্ষ্য করা যায় না। হরিনারায়ণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের কাছে তিনি প্রথম পাশ্চাত্য জলরঙে ছবি আঁকা শিখেন। পরে জাপানি শিল্পী ইওকোহামা (ওকাকুরু) এবং টাইকান (তাইকোয়ান)-এর দ্বারা তিনি প্রভাবান্বিত হন। রবীন্দ্রনাথের জীবনস্মৃতির (১৯১২) জন্য কয়েকটি চিত্র তিনি অঙ্কন করেন যেগুলিতে জাপানি প্রভাব স্পষ্ট। ১৯০৭ সালে স্থাপিত ‘ইন্ডিয়ান সোসাইটি অব ওরিয়েন্টাল আর্ট’ গগনেন্দ্রের প্রচেষ্টায় নবজীবন পায়। তিনি ধারাবাহিকভাবে শিল্প সম্বন্ধে বক্তৃতার পরিকল্পনা, ও.সি গাঙ্গুলীর সম্পাদনায় রূপম নামক শিল্প সম্বন্ধীয় একটি পত্রিকার প্রকাশনা, প্রাচ্যরীতি অনুসারী প্রধান শিল্পীগণের অঙ্কিত চিত্রসমূহের প্রদর্শনীর আয়োজন করে সোসাইটিতে প্রাণসঞ্চার করেন। ১৯১৯ সালের ডিসেম্বর মাসে কলকাতার গভর্নমেন্ট হাউসে প্রথম প্রদর্শনী আয়োজিত হয়। ১৯১০ থেকে ১৯২১ সালের মধ্যে তাঁর সৃষ্ট উল্লেখযোগ্য শিল্পকীর্তি হলো হিমালয়ের স্কেচসমূহ, চৈতন্য -এর যজীবন অবলম্বনে ধারাবাহিক চিত্রালেখ্য এবং ভারতীয় জীবনধারা অবলম্বনে অঙ্কিত অপূর্ব ব্যঙ্গচিত্রসমূহ। তাঁর এ শিল্প সম্ভার অবধূত লোক (১৯১৫), বিরূপ বস্ত্র (১৯১৭), এবং নয়া হুল্লোড় (১৯২১) এ ৩ খন্ডে প্রকাশিত হয়। শিল্প সমালোচকগণ গগনেন্দ্র-এর ব্যঙ্গচিত্রসম্ভার ‘দক্ষতায় ও মৌলিকতায় অতুলনীয়’ বলে মন্তব্য করেন। ধনী ও অভিজাত সম্প্রদায়ের ক্রিয়াকলাপই তাঁর এসব চিত্রের বিষয়বস্ত্ত।

26/08/2023

The word ‘Gond’ comes from the Dravidian expression ‘Kond’ which means ‘green mountain’. Gond painting is a famous folk art of the Gond tribal community of central India. It is a form of painting from folk and tribal art that is practiced by one of the largest tribes in India – the Gond – who are predominantly from Madhya Pradesh, but can also be found in pockets of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. The history of the Gond people dates nearly 1400 years. Blended with mystery, pattern, blend of colours and humour, these art pieces depict a modern psyche.

Gond paintings use vibrant colors like orange, yellow, blue and red, and are created with articulately drawn lines and dots as the method to bring it to life. With natural colors obtained from various sources like flowers, stones, etc. are used for the creation of these beautiful paintings. Over the years, the Gond artists have developed their own devices to work with various contemporary mediums and materials. They would first make dots and calculate the volume of the images. These dots would be connected to bring about an outer shape, which would then be filled with colours. As they respond to the immediate social situation and environment, each object they come across in life is aesthetically transformed. The images are tattoos or minimalist human and animal forms that include, chameleons, butterflies, elephants, cows, lions, fish, peacocks and other birds.

Although Gond paintings have been centuries-old, with the passage of time, this art form has gradually shifted from the mud walls of the houses to canvas and papers. Apart from deriving inspirations from legends and myths, these paintings majorly feature nature as their main subject. However, there are other well-depicted themes in this painting style as well, including Hindu Gods and Goddesses (especially Ganesha), tree of life, and jungle scenes.

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