b. (1989)
The stark abstract compositions lead us into the complex layering seen in the work “a piece of land within the frame” which delves deeper into the paradoxes of the city and the all-pervasive hoardings. Saha’s change to an aerial viewpoint allows us to look more closely at his detailing of tiny human figures involved in daily activities scattered over the overpowering notional landscape that dwarfs, while embracing them. Saha’s landscapes are never what they seem from a distance and warrant a closer inspection. One discovers a sub- structured layer of repressed people and information locked into dilemmas not of their making, trapped within the physical terrain- a hive of barely concealed forgotten life. Narrative subjects are entrapped within both – the physical geography of the terrain as well as the virtual bounds of infrastructure. He leaves his audience to imagine the results of exploitation in a grim future of a dystopian degraded landscape.
Kaushik is born in West Bengal, India in 1989. He has completed his Master degree in painting from MSU Baroda, Faculty of fine arts in 2014. He was part of India Art Fair in 2019 and 2020 at Exhibit 320 Gallery. In 2017 he had his first solo show, Order of the Age, at Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, India, followed by a two men show at Exhibit 320 gallery, Delhi in 2018.
His works were showed in Kunstsilo Altdorf, Switzerland in 2019. His works was part of a curatorial project, Wasteland curated by Birgid Uccia at Tarq, Mumbai in partnership with the Consulate general of Switzerland. He has received some prestigious awards such as Inlaks Fine arts Award 2014, National Academy Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 2016. He currently lives and works in Vadodara, India
His works were acquired by the Huerlimann Collection, Switzerland. He was also a part of a recent exhibition in Altdorf, Uri, Switzerland.