Collection of etchings by 12 masters has been compiled by renowned printmaker.
An exclusive and limited collection of etchings by 12 masters of Indian art has been compiled by renowned printmaker Yashpal Chandrakar for his recent exhibition - the Mark of Masters -II.
The collection is such, that one can spend hours just admiring the varied styles of the artists. There is Anupam Sud, Arpana Caur, Laxma Goud, Paresh Maity, Lalitha Lajmi, Yashpal Chandrakar, Shuvaprasanna, Nirmalendu Das, Sarbari Roy Chowdhury, Jogen Chowdhury, Lalu Prasad Shaw and Dipak Banerjee.
This collection is accompanied by authentication certificates of all the artists. Chandrakar has painstakingly made each print after receiving the original artwork plate from the artist.
Says Chandrakar, “Printmaking is like any other medium where the artist’s imagination and aesthetic abilities are fully utilised. From the time of the stamped impression during the pre-Christian era to the present day of continuous research and development in the field, there has been creation of a different media among artists.”
Lalitha Lajmi whose painting ‘Performers and Masks’ has been etched on a zinc plate, says, “Etching is one of the finest mediums in graphic art. To prepare a plate of this size can take anytime between 15 days to three weeks. The skill of the work is always on a larger plate”.
One of the processes used here, the intaglio, is the reverse of the relief process. An impression is made from the incised area of a plate through which the ink is pushed through. The excess ink is wiped away. A damp paper is placed on top of the plate and a soft blanket is kept over the paper and then all these are run through a press. Te blanket then forces the paper to take up ink from the incised area, resulting in an embossed print. This method embraces processes such as etching, aquatint, dry pint, engraving, mezzotint, collograph, viscosity print, etc.
Professor Nirmalendu Das, head of the department of graphic printmaking at Santiniketan, says, “Chandrakar’s studio is known as a centre of printmaking activity. He not only makes his own prints but also provides the intaglio printing facilities to other artists. With several trials and errors he developed effective and new systems for organising a proper environment-friendly intaglio printing studio.”
Mark of Masters-II is a worthy sequel to Mark of Masters-I which was held in 2008. The collection is on display at the Gallery Art and Soul, Worli, and Tradition Art in Juhu till January 2.
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