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Artist Asit Kumar Patnaik Showcases Three Decades of Work in New Retrospective
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News18•18-10-2026, 13:45
Artist Asit Kumar Patnaik Showcases Three Decades of Work in New Retrospective
- •Contemporary artist Asit Kumar Patnaik is showcasing around 50 works spanning 30 years in his solo retrospective titled Continuum: A 30-Year Retrospective.
- •Curated by Shibani Chawla, the exhibition opens at Bikaner House before moving to Chawla Art Gallery in Saket until November 14.
- •The retrospective features paintings, watercolours, sketches, and graphic prints created between 1995 and 2026, highlighting his evolution and experimentation with diverse materials.
- •Patnaik's celebrated Man-Woman series explores human relationships, emotional complexities, love, conflict, and women's empowerment through a semi-realistic figurative style.
- •The artist is a gold medallist from Banaras Hindu University and received the Best Solo Exhibitor Award at Art Expo New York in 2024.
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The solo retrospective is currently being held at Bikaner House in New Delhi, and it will move to the Chawla Art Gallery in Saket from October 19 until November 14.
The exhibition features around 50 works created between 1995 and 2026, including paintings, works on paper, sketches, drawings, watercolours, landscapes, abstract compositions, graphic prints, and previously unseen pieces.
Patnaik is known for his semi-realistic figurative style, exploring human relationships, emotional complexities, companionship, and women's empowerment through series like 'Man-Woman', while experimenting with diverse materials and textures.
