| Medium | : | Watercolour |
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| Height | : | 12.5 inch / 31.8 cm |
| Width | : | 9.6 inch / 24.4 cm |
| Dimension | : | W: 24.4 cm × H: 31.8 cm |
The composition is built with geometric shapes, rhythmic lines, and patches of vibrant yet restrained colours—greens, blues, blacks, and reds—arranged in a way that feels both spontaneous and deeply structured. The use of angular forms and delicate textures suggests a dialogue between nature and architecture, while the soft transitions of colour highlight Haloi’s mastery over the watercolour medium.
₹400,000.00
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled | Watercolour on Paper | 12.5 x 9.6 inches | 2025
This untitled watercolour on paper by Ganesh Haloi, created in 2025 is a fine example of his lyrical abstraction that bridges memory, landscape, and inner reflection. The composition is built with geometric shapes, rhythmic lines, and patches of vibrant yet restrained colours—greens, blues, blacks, and reds—arranged in a way that feels both spontaneous and deeply structured. The use of angular forms and delicate textures suggests a dialogue between nature and architecture, while the soft transitions of colour highlight Haloi’s mastery over the watercolour medium. The green plane, intersected with black markings, contrasts with fluid blue and earthy tones, creating a balance of movement and stillness. As in much of his work, Haloi transforms personal memory and displacement into poetic abstraction, where fragments of landscapes, foliage, and architectural elements dissolve into a meditative rhythm of form and space. This painting captures his ability to evoke a sense of harmony and resilience through a visual language that is at once modern, contemplative, and deeply rooted in lived experience.
Ganesh Haloi (b.1936) is a Kolkata-based artist, born in Jamalpur, Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh). He moved to Calcutta in 1950 following the Partition of India. The trauma of displacement left its mark on his work as it did on some other painters of his generation. Since then his art has exhibited an innate lyricism and a sense of nostalgia for a lost world. He graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta in 1956. In the following year, he was appointed by the Archaeological Survey of India to create replicas of Ajanta murals. Seven years later, Haloi returned to Calcutta. From 1963 until his retirement, he taught at the Government College of Art and Crafts. He has been a Member of The Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta since 1971.
He has participated in several group exhibitions in India, Documenta 14 at Athens & Kassel, Greece/Germany; Architecture of Life, at Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archives at BAM/PFA, Berkeley, California; 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin; A Special Arrow Was Shot in the Neck, David Roberts Art Foundation, London; and over the edge, crossing the line five artists from Bengal at KNMA, Delhi. He is represented by Akar Prakar Kolkata & New Delhi. He has had various solo exhibitions in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Dhaka, and New York including Re-citations: rhymes, about land, water and sky six decades of painting at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata with KNMA, 2024; Re-citing Land at The Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Mumbai in collaboration with KNMA, Delhi 2022; The Architectonics of Form at Akar Prakar Kolkata and New Delhi in 2022, Form & Play at Asia Week New York in 2020 to name a few.
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| Dimensions | 38.1 × 27.94 cm |
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