Jogen Chowdhury

Jogen Chowdhury, one of the greatest figurative artists of our times is best known for his remarkable drawings and paintings depicting human beings in existential plights. His figures, in a variety of countenances and postures suggest an intimate world where human psyche and the social reality are interwoven into a silent, yet tense drama. Jogen Chowdhury’s drawings reveal an intense and lucid observation. The lucidity is habitually spectacular while the intensity is overwhelming. The vision internalized in these drawings – often bleak yet irresistible – is real. For Jogen, this...