pratul dash
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2007
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Everything seems so sublime, his sublimity lies in feeling that Pratul creates of spatial limitlessness provided by large colour fields; there is no idea of of-play in the canvases. Extract from Essay by Amit Mukhopadhayay
2005
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2003
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2001
2018
Pratul has been preoccupied with the fear and fantasies that accelerate contemporary life, constantly changing it in unanticipated and starling ways. While the artist has been sharpening his skills of rendering the painted surface with a seductive realism, he also seeks to address the predicament of living in a world that has pushed itself to a precarious edge.
Extract from the Essay by Roobina Karode
2014
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2012
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Pratul is a painter who invites you to try and cast him within a given frame. Every time one chooses/attempts to do so it dawns that the sources of his imagery are so layered, that content wise it is nearly impossible to ‘classify’ him. Extract from the Essay by Rahul Bhattacharya
2010
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The works contains many documentary aspects, only his issues have shifted from a social level to ecological and political concerns. Extract from the Essay by Dr. Sarah Khan
2008
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Pratul’s works has not the simplistic tirade of the fashionably anti-globalisation activist or an “India shining” narrative of progress. It contents nuances, and explores different shades of reality. Extraxt from Essay by Jasmine Saha Varma