About
Abhishek Dasgupta is a passionate photographer who has the inculcated skill to reflect photographic imagery of
live characters with exuberant empathy and sensitivity. He has won great appreciation by exhibiting in India and
aboard. The ethereal sensitivity in his photographs has engaged audiences in New York, Madrid, Amsterdam. He has
a number of exhibitions in his hometown Kolkata, and his current abode Bangalore.
Abhishek Dasgupta’s photographic gaze reveals his keen sensitivities while connecting with his wide range of subjects
that evolves into rooted live characters. His birthplace and current workplace India is his true identity, he completely
agrees with the Indian ways of a so not complex spiritual understanding of life,‘Simplicity is great sophistication’.
Through his photographic gaze we not only experience ‘the writing of light’ in the sound technicalities but also the
illuminating light reflected from within his subjects which seems to gaze towards the onlooker. The beauty of his
imagery is the simplicity of his composition which portrays his joy in capturing and observation of the natural
characters oozing various emotions through the various appearances of his subjects and its environment. A widely
traveled, life enthusiast Abhishek Dasgupta showcases his images for us to pause and reflect how breathtaking
the world is …His images though easy to relate has a continuous subjective narrative of a journey not defined but
a destination stated.
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“I am intrigued by the organic spatial designs created by the physicality of plants along with the trickling of light through the solid mass of rocks. These images attempt to capture the sense of life amidst claustrophobia created within the little spaces in-between the rocks within the physicality of the caves. It derives a sense of deeper understanding in the ability of nature to build, correspond and grow in the limited corporeal space to evoke an atmosphere of contemplation and symbolic existence.”
- Abhishek Dasgupta
‘In-between’ is a photo-series of unique caves that permits contemplation of nature, which can be also read in symbolic terms as a contemporary indicator. This evocative photo-series is born from the thought -“The one remains, the many change and flee”. Abhishek Dasgupta has captured the frozen moment of time that is heightened by the meditative spiritual silence that engulfs the in-between of past and present.
This series, invite deep reflection and the viewer’s interpretation of both before and after - that is conceived statically rather than being dramatically. They correspond to the slight transition from ‘to become’ through ‘to exist’. The role of light and shadow played by the diverse interior of the natural structures of the caves provide an interesting understanding of lateral moment - that exists in both virtual and actual at the same time.
This series evokes dreams and interpretation of the existence of your contemporary self, which is often dominated by the debates of becoming – these photographs are the mode of slight indication of nature’s ability of grow, take shape and breathe within the restriction of the corporeal space.
Abhishek Dasgupta (b 1981) is most often seen creating myths of photographic spaces- that is in relation to both his romantic ideas and geographical philosophies. His images possess the quality of being open to suggestions, dreams, nostalgia, memory and interpretations.
to know my path i glide on your stride, 2008
imagination, the vein of existence, can be shadowed but never limited, 2012
there is a bridge in the sky, within your soul is a doorway to see beyond the meager existence and into the garden of harmony , 2011
while in progress of their majestic decay, thrones sink to rust and history fades into fable, 2012
the beauty of innocence slips into the most hidden of minds and transforms them into mansions of delight, 2011
hear the whispers of the fallen, impermanence is inevitable, bangalore 2012
NATURE’S PORTRAITS
This collection of five portraiture capture by photographer Abhishek Dasgupta evokes both the semiotic and symbolic attributes of human existence.
Photography is a medium that has the ability to provide nature ‘the power to recreate itself’. Therefore it is claimed to be the medium for Nature’s Self-Portraits, throughout the history of art.
These set of five illusive photographs not only has the ability to witness nature, but also transcends into a philosophical narrative on the stages of live and its psychologies of existence.
- Galley Khamaaj- a Tinni initiative
2012
Images Details
Title: Portraiture 1, Artist: Abhishek Dasgupta, Size: 24 X 30 inches, Edition : 10 + 2 APs, Year: 2011, Price on request
Title: Portraiture 2, Artist: Abhishek Dasgupta, Size: 17 X 17 inches, Edition: 10 + 2 APs, Year: 2009, Price on request
Title: Portraiture 3, Artist: Abhishek Dasgupta, Size: 24 X 17 inches, Edition: 10 + 2 APs, Year: 2011, Price on request
Title: Portraiture 4, Artist: Abhishek Dasgupta, Size: 24 X 20 inches, Edition: 10 + 2 APs, Year: 2011, Price on request
Title: Portraiture 5, Artist: Abhishek Dasgupta, Size: 24 X 20 inches, Edition: 10 + 2 APs, Year: 2011, Price on request
Contact: gallerykhamaj@gmail.com
i wish i didn’t know,what i didn’t know then,chennai 2009
