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Uttam Kumar Roy and his canvas: Capturing uncertain times

Takir Hossain
Bright colours, innovative technique, malleable brush-strokes, and imagery are the ingredients that make up the splendid paintings of Uttam Kumar Roy. an emerging painter who has been trying to make a name for himself in the art scene.
The breadth and depth of his work are amazing and the textual, tonal qualities he employs are something to observe. The multiple overlays of colours and very deliberate brush strokes clearly identify his work. His works are visually tranquil, highly meta-
phoric, and deeply haunting treatise on the essence of the soul. He is fond of experimenting and trying out new forms and techniques. To search for fresh themes and present them with a novel approach is one of his characteristics.
As an artist Uttam is distinct, thought-provoking and ingenious. His works are worth contemplation and reflects the current situation of the human world and nature.
One can also see in his paintings die flip side of human life --humans confined as if in a spider's web. Homo sapiens are not safe even at their residence, let alone outside the house.
As a painter, Uttam is a good observer of his surroundings and does not overlook dreams. The artist seems confused about the global situation. The days, months and years are furnished with lots of unforeseen and startling incidents. Red, crimson, emerald green, azure, yellow and lots of colour have been used on his canvases intimately and animatedly to indicate the uncertainty. A line leading to another denotes a very close relationship and stands for a philosophy.
One finds mess-fres in his distinctive and constructive works. I-’or instance, there is excellent
sensitivity to the environment, a consciousness ofhow beautiful the earth is and how its greenery, the root of its beauty and survival, depends on the production of oxygen. But in the present context, the earth is now unstable. When Uttam was a student of Botany, he concentrated on this topic and afterwards he took it as a theme of his paintings. Previously he did a lot of work on the ozone layer.
Uttam maintains continuity. Hopes, aspirations, dreams and nightmares are invoked with passion. He allows all these ingredients to frequent his canvases in various symbolic configurations. Yellow,
red, black, Prussian blue, cobalt blue, emerald green, ash, white and some other vital colours are exquisitely used to heighten these effects.
From his self-made niche in the art scene of Bangladesh, Uttam has gone on to win a number of prestigious awards. A workaholic and charismatic character, Uttam is always at work creating the offbeat with phenomenal improvisation and panache.
Uttam Kumar Roy’s 4th solo exhibition is on at Alliance Francaise de Dacca, Dhanmondi The exhibition ends on August 28.
The writer is a freelance contnbutor.