Artist: Manik Lal Das
Date: 2013
Size: 55 x 38 cm
Museum: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Australia)
Technique: Watercolour
‘In earlier days, runners would carry the daak (mail) from one area to another and would face enormous problems and dangers including wild animals. Post office 3 - The runner with the mail pays tribute to those runners who dedicated their lives to delivering mail at any cost.’Born into the Patua community of scroll painters and storytellers, Kalam Patua (India b.1962) is a self-taught contemporary exponent of Kalighat painting, which draws on conventions from West Bengal scrolls and Indian miniature painting. A postmaster in a rural post office in West Bengal, he is one of the few artists painting in this style today. Patua’s unique watercolours contain elements of autobiography and myth, and reflect on social issues and current news events. Topics include the changing nature of Indian society; dowry deaths and violence against women. He also paints light, humorous works, including a series about working in the postal system.Exhibited in
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