Artist Dhananjay Mukherjee's latest series of paintings celebrates the colour green and its deep connection with life
Artist Dhananjay Mukherjee's latest series of paintings celebrates the colour green and its deep connection with life
Colour green rules our lives. Well, possibly. Bengali artist gives us added reason to celebrate the Earth Day today with his latest showing that portrays the green effect on human lives.
He loves Mother Nature and each stroke of his paintbrush is a mark of that.
Dhananjay Mukherjee's latest project: The Green God is a series of 24 paintings that bring about the importance of green, a colour, we often tend to overlook.
"We often think of God as someone who grants our wishes and prayers.
If we look closely, we will understand that the basic necessities of our life are fulfilled by the colour green. So, for me green is God," Mukherjee said, who has been working on the series for the last three years.
Mukherjee's art explores how the colour green merges with subtle shades of earthy red and yellow bringing out the profound joy and peace that are inherent in nature.
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The acrylic strokes on the canvas define the colour green in its various shades and represent a unique mysterious blend of light and shade.
Mukherjee, who has visited several forests in India and does not mind staring endlessly into the green to understand the different layers of this colour and its significance, said, "Nobody gives any importance to this colour though green makes us sustain life."
When asked about his take on Earth Day, Mukherjee said, "So many celebrities speak so much about Earth Day, being green and so on but hardly any of them do anything constructive. Idolising the colour green was the best way I could express myself."
In fact, the paintings in The Green God seem like the various figurative structures that are often created by the arrangement of trees in a dark forest and present a 3D dimension.
Deeply inspired by artists like Michelangelo, Satish Gujral, Sanjay Bhattacharya and more, Mukherjee has explored God through popular faces of Buddha, Krishna and other deities in his works.
An equal representation of both male and female faces portrays the union of Shiv-Shakti and makes it easy for viewers to relate.
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The face curved out of a leaf motif with worms and butterflies at the backdrop reinstates the existence of the divine in the green and symbolises harmony.
Each face, each line brings out how important the colour green is for mankind and urges you to surrender yourself to the green god.
So if you happen to think that the Almighty resides in every living being, then Mukherjee's latest collection will reinforce this belief and impart a sense of calm as you gaze into the green.
Born in the Bishnupur district in Kolkata, artist Dhananjay Mukherjee has been a popular name in the field of art for the last 25 years. Mukherjee, who began his career with pot painting, has participated in nearly 85 shows in both India and abroad. In recognition to his achievements in the field of art, he was awarded by the Ministry of Environment & Forest, India.
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