From 10th Oct 2013 at CSMVS Mumbai
Mumbai Oct 7th 2013(Eddie Patel): Indian origin artist Mohan Samant's extraordinary work will be displayed at the fourth exhibition at Jehangir Nicholson gallery.
Mohan Samant Paintings is one of India’s most exciting modernists.It is the first major exhibition after Samant’s death in 2004. It attempts to reveal the complexity and density of this genius' oeuvre. A single work could employ many complicated techniques and the show includes mixed media, watercolours, oils and elaborate paper cutouts.
Samant’s art reflects the full gamut of historical, spiritual and quotidian experience, so that one day’s theme might illustrate a scene from a Hindu scripture and the next day’s subject might be a seaside festival. In his technical experimentation and the range of his subject matter, Samant has forged his own path through traditional and modern Indian painting as well as the New York art world. 
With one foot in the distant past and the other in the contemporary, Samant epitomizes the role of the individualist who finds inspiration strewn across the ages and then speaks in a voice that reflects his own time.
Painter and musician, Samant left India permanently in 1968, and visited occasionally over the years. As a result, he gradually slipped off the art map of the country and most people are unfamiliar with the depth and range of his work.
The Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation in collaboration with the CSMVS and the Estate of Mohan Samant, which will loan works from New York for the exhibition, are looking to reacquaint people with one of the most complex and exciting modernists the country has produced.
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