10 January 2024/

JIVA-CHAKRA

(The Soul Cycle)

Commemorating the birth anniversary of SWAMI VIVEKANANDA, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata presents JIVA-CHAKRA, 15th solo Exhibition of paintings based on vedantic lores by renowned artist Dipankar Mani at Kolkata from 12 January 2024 to 15 January 2023 (2.00 PM – 7.00 PM).

The Exhibition will be inaugurated by Maestro Mallar Ghosh, eminent Rhythm Maestro and Music Composer, followed by ‘Gaudia Nritya’ by Monikiran Duttagupta, a research scholar of Lovely University, Punjab..

 “The theme of my painting is the ‘Jiva-Chakra’, the cycle of revisiting souls, which essentially, lives in the continuity of ‘atma’ even after death.  Jiva Chakra was conceived 15 years back and worked upon the basis of the ‘Vedantic spiritual Tenets of Space’, ‘Time and Causation’ that is applicable to universal life. ‘Jiva’ in the literal sense means a ‘living being’ or the ‘Individual Soul’, which is in essence one with the Universal Soul. ‘Chakra’ being the instrument of the artist which is used in a relative symbolism to the grinding wheel of existence meant for every man-made, soul structured cycle of life. ‘Chakra’ as a symbolic content has several meanings for life, but the chief one being that of the available formats of ‘Time’ and ‘Space, gifted to life and every individual by the love of the Divine,” says the artist Dipankar Mani. 

Artist Dipankar Mani has studied diploma in Visual Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata and is a Gold Medalist. He has specialised in calligraphic art form and has been influenced by the Indian philosophy and various spiritual treatises of Swami Vivekananda.

He has conducted many exhibitions including ‘Art Gaffin’-Indo-US Art Exchange programme, many group exhibitions at Birla Academy of Art and Culture. His artworks adorn many galleries including Kamuela collector, Hawaii USA, Birla Academy of Art & Culture and Chitrakoot Art Gallery.