VENUE - Prarambh Art Studio, JAIPUR , IN

A solo presentation of previous and recent works by Subroto Mandal, curated by Harita Chaudhary, spanning the artist's engagement with the Bengal environment in his earlier practice and the Aravali series in his present work exploring Rajasthan. Working primarily in printmaking, Mandal builds layered, textured surfaces that move between figuration and abstraction. This exhibition brings together bodies of work from 1990 to the present.

Gallery

Aravali Series

12" x 15.5"

Relief Printmaking

Red River

12" x 16"

Relief Printmaking

वसुधैव

12” x 16”

Relief Etching

DATES - 25 Feb to 01 March 2026

Peace

15" x 17.5"

Etching and Engraving

Man

19" x 23"

Etching

Kaach Deviyani

10” x 10”

Relief Print

Flycatcher

10" x 15.5"

Etching

Scarecrow

13" x 20"

Polygraphy

Aravali Series

12” x 17”

Platography

Curator’s Note -

Kunj emerges as a contemplative sanctuary within Subroto Mandal’s expansive printmaking journey. Rooted in the pedagogical lineage of Kala Bhavana , and shaped by the Modernist ethos of masters such as Ramkinkar Baij and Nandlal Bose, Mandal’s practice has always balanced discipline with experimentation.

This exhibition reveals an artist who refuses stagnation. Moving fluidly between figuration and abstraction , Mandal constructs visual narratives that feel diaristic each work holding traces of memory, landscape, literature, and lived experience. His relocation to Rajasthan introduced new textures into his vocabulary: stone, silence, fresco and desert breath. These elements now surface as layered metaphors rather than literal depictions.

In a socio-political climate charged with noise and assertion, Kunj proposes a counter space. The title suggests a grove a protected intimate enclosure. Here, intensity is often mistaken for violence, yet what unfolds is vulnerability: of the human body, of relationships, of nature itself. Inspired in part by poetic sensibilities such as those of Rabindranath Tagore, Mandal’s works become meditative terrains.

Kunj invites viewers to slow down. To enter not as spectators, but as participants in a quiet unfolding.