Hiran Mitra Explained

Hiran Mitra (born 1945) is an Indian artist based in Kolkata (West Bengal, India). He left his ancestral country home in Kharagpur to study Fine Art in the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata at the age of 14. His paintings are energetic abstract gestural paintings with the choreography of the human body observed from folk dance having influenced his recent calligraphic forms .[1] [2] He has contributed significantly to the visual stimulus in eastern Indian films,[3] television, theatre[4] and literature since in the 1980s [. He is also known to have defined a benchmark for book cover design for contemporary Bengali literature.<ref>[http://boipara.blogspot.com/2007/09/portraits-and-writings-by-hiran-mitra.html Portraits and writings by Hiran Mitra in Bengali Little Magazine] His paintings are statements on the human condition and the twilight zones of reality and time. Bold brush strokes, layered washes and sprays and unconventional use of acrylic and industrial paints characterize his paintings. He is part of the Open Window Artist group and has been part of the Painters 80 Artist group in Kolkata.

Works

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Form and Color–Paintings of Hiran Mitra–Gallery Thuillier, Paris, Oct 2007
Paper Landscapes, Works on paper, at Gallery 27, London, Mar 2007
Book Launch: Shadows–monography (Ed. FDW France, Gerard Xuriguera)

Group shows (selection) and international art bi-annuals

Painters 80, Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai

Public collections

Publications and media / editions

Art projects (selection)

Film and theatre art direction

Film

Theatre

Album cover designs

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 17 May 2008 . Florence Biennale 2007 - Focus on: Hiran Mitra - Part 1 . florencebiennale . YouTube.
  2. Web site: Hiran Mitra . 2023-01-25 . Saatchi Art . en.
  3. http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/200568.htm 68th Annual BFJA Awards 2005, Art Direction
  4. Web site: Teesta Barer Brittanto . 25 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828223035/http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/southasia/teesta.html . 28 August 2008 . dead .
  5. Web site: MAHANAGAR@KOLKATA: A film by Suman Mukhopadhya . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209084112/http://www.sumanmukhopadhyay.com/html/mahanagar_credits.asp . 9 February 2010 . sumanmukhopadhyay.com.
  6. Web site: Chaturanga - four chapters . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331070557/http://www.chaturangathefilm.in/html/crew.asp . 31 March 2012 . 23 January 2012 . chaturangathefilm.in.
  7. Web site: HERBERT . https://web.archive.org/web/20090522133242/http://www.sumanmukhopadhyay.com/html/herbert.asp . 22 May 2009 . sumanmukhopadhyay.com.
  8. Web site: The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) Metro Timeout . www.telegraphindia.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080108194937/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080105/jsp/calcutta/story_8729275.jsp . 2008-01-08.
  9. Web site: TEESTA PAARER BRITTANTO (Story of the banks of river Teesta) . https://web.archive.org/web/20090522204100/http://www.sumanmukhopadhyay.com/html/teestapaarerbrittanto.asp . 22 May 2009 . sumanmukhopadhyay.com.