Ajit Kumar Das: The Bird that Sings Within
The exhibition of one of India's foremost natural dye artists brings together some of his brilliant hand-painted recent natural dye fabric works, most of which the artist has not shown before. With a career spanning more than fifty years, Ajit Kumar Das creates works characterized by his love for nature 鈥� flowers, plants and birds 鈥� and his extraordinary skill, experiments and understanding of the medium of natural dye, enhanced, modified and refined by his decades-long working experience in the Weavers' Service Centres (WSCs) in Ahmedabad, Guwahati and Kolkata. His works greatly admired by luminaries like Haku Shah, Riten Mozumdar and craft revivalist Martand Singh show a delicate blending of professional craftsmanship and refined artistic visions.
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The exhibition of one of India's foremost natural dye artists brings together some of his brilliant hand-painted recent natural dye fabric works, most of which the artist has not shown before. With a career spanning more than fifty years, Ajit Kumar Das creates works characterized by his love for nature 鈥� flowers, plants and birds 鈥� and his extraordinary skill, experiments and understanding of the medium of natural dye, enhanced, modified and refined by his decades-long working experience in the Weavers' Service Centres (WSCs) in Ahmedabad, Guwahati and Kolkata. His works greatly admired by luminaries like Haku Shah, Riten Mozumdar and craft revivalist Martand Singh show a delicate blending of professional craftsmanship and refined artistic visions.
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