14th December, 2019 saw the opening of exhibition of painting and drawing by Ranjan Kumar Malik.
Ranjan’s painting on canvas take you to a dream world. The images exhibit realism and are juxtaposed with other elements; at times a giraffe, a flamingo or a still life study. The images seem to be frozen in their tracks, indifferent in their attitude; in the same picture frame but engrossed in their own worlds. There is a certain stillness in the composition, even though the colours are bright and striking and add certain vibrancy to the painting .The artist shows great skill in the rendering and the colour strokes.
His series in monochrome show great spontaneity of execution, the various tones created by the cursory brushwork create images that have an enigmatic appeal.
His works remind you of lines of Bernard Shaw
‘You see things and say ‘Why’?
But I dream things and that never were, and I say why not.’
Ranjan Kumar Mallik has done BFA painting from Utkal University Bhubaneswar, MFA in Painting and M.Phil in History of Art from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, in 2013 and Ph.D in Jain Art by Chitrakoot University in 2014.
At present he is Dean at Chitkara School of Art and Design , Chitkara University ,Punjab, India.
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