Artist

Sanat Kar

Sanat Kar was born in 1935 at Santiniketan. Kar received his Diploma in painting from the Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata in 1955. Majority of Sanat Kar’s works play on the deep, dark recesses of the human mind. Figures and objects are distorted and barely recognizable, and leave an uncomfortable feeling behind them. His paintings have an ambiguity and a deep, brooding quality that draws the viewer to it. Sanat Kar’s works are surrealistic and have a curious dream-like appearance, mostly nightmarish. Figures are distorted and barely recognizable, and leave an uncomfortable feeling behind them. The same treatment is given to objects. As a result, all his paintings hover on the edge of reality without ever actually reaching there, symbolizing the mysteries of life to which there are no answers. The colors Kar utilizes are in keeping with his somber mood. Mauve, dark green, browns, magentas and greys do nothing to relieve the pervasive darkness. He plays cleverly with alternating levels of light and dark to highlight the atmosphere of gloom.