SAKTI BURMAN - Art Musings

SAKTI BURMAN
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Mother Durga
oil on canvas - 57”x 45”
Play Mate
oil on canvas - 36”x 29”
A day at Sacré Coeur
oil on canvas - 36”x 29”
Bird at Night
oil on canvas - 11”x 9”
Arlequin Thinking Of Adame And
Eve, oil on canvas - 57”x 45”
Magical Mirror
oil on canvas - 36”x 29”
Ganesh Janani
oil on canvas - 22”x 18”
Bird Dancing
oil on canvas - 11”x 9”
Mythical Lady holding the Magical
Mirror, oil on canvas - 46”x 35”
Paternity
oil on canvas - 26”x 21”
Blue Krishna dancing on Peacock
oil on canvas - 11”x 9”
Krishna Dancing
oil on canvas - 14”x 10.5”
Durga and my Dolls
oil on canvas - 51”x 38”
Arlequin Lost in his Dreams
oil on canvas - 26”x 21”
Ark of Hope
oil on canvas - 46”x 35”
Arlequin with Bird
oil on canvas - 14”x 10.5”
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watercolour on paper, 10'' x 13'
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watercolour on paper, 13'' x 10''
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pen and ink - 8”x 6”
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pen and ink - 5”x 7”
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pen and ink - 10”x 14”
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pen and ink - 6”x 8”
Sakti Burman was born in Calcutta in 1935 and educated at the Government College of Art and
Craft there, and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He has lived between
France and India since the mid-1950s. Since the early 1960s, Burman has had held numerous
exhibitions of his work in India, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and the USA.
Among the salons in which he has been invited to participate are the Biennale de Paris, Section
Française at the Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris; the Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris Salon de la
Jeune Peinture, Paris; the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris; and the Salon des
Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris. His solo exhibitions include The Enraptured Gaze (2009)
and The Beholder's Share (2016), both presented by Art Musings.
Burman's works have found place in the collections of major museums and cultural institutions,
including the British Museum, London; the Musée de la Ville, Paris; the National Gallery of
Modern Art, New Delhi; the National Gallery, Auckland; the Punjab Museum, Chandigarh; the
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Bombay; and the Ministry of Culture, Government of
France, Paris.
In the course of a distinguished career, Burman has received many honours, including the Prix des
Etrangers, École des Beaux-Arts, Paris; the Medaille Arts, Science et Lettres, Paris; the Medaille
d'Argent de Montmorency; the Medaille d'Or, Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris; and
the Prix de la Ville de l'Isle-Adam, France. Burman's art has been the focus of several
publications, among them Sakti Burman: Dreamer on the Ark (2001) and Sakti Burman: A Private
Universe (2014).
Exhibition Dates
10 - 15 February 2016 - Jehangir Art Gallery
16 February - 10 March 2016 - Art Musings
1, Admirality Building, Colaba Cross Lane, Mumbai 400 005
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