Oh Kolkata

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Artist/Maker	Kalam Patua (artist)
Place of origin	West Bengal Birbhum Rampurhat (painted)

Scenes such as this one of modern-day Kolkata can often be found amongst Kalam Patua's subject themes. The urban landscape of cars, skyscrapers, advertising banners and slogans is shown juxtaposed against the toil of the Rickshaw-wallah transporting wealthy passengers through the busy streets.

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Category	Paintings
Object type	Kalighat painting
Title	Oh Kolkata (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	watercolour on paper Paper Watercolour Hand Painted
Brief description	Kalighat painting 'Oh Kolkata', by Kalam Patua, Birbhum district, West Bengal, 2008.
Physical description	There are three central figures here, a couple on a rickshaw and the rickshaw-wallah who pulls them along. The modern cityscape of Kolkata is rendered in pastel shades of lilac, red, pink and blue. The artist has been clever in depicting four modes of public transport in one painting - a city tram, private cars, public taxis and the hand pulled rickshaw.
Dimensions	Height: 555mm Width: 455mm
Gallery label	Scenes such as this one of modern-day Kolkata can often be found amongst Kalam Patua's subject themes. The urban landscape of cars, skyscrapers, advertising banners and slogans is shown juxtaposed against the toil of the Rickshaw-wallah transporting wealthy passengers through the busy streets. (October 2011 - May 2012)
Summary	Scenes such as this one of modern-day Kolkata can often be found amongst Kalam Patua's subject themes. The urban landscape of cars, skyscrapers, advertising banners and slogans is shown juxtaposed against the toil of the Rickshaw-wallah transporting wealthy passengers through the busy streets.
Bibliographic references	Sinha, Suhashini, and Panda, C, eds. Kalighat Paintings from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012. ISBN 1851776656. p.108 cat.no 100 Patel, Divia; Arts of Asia, vol. 45, no. 5, September - October 2015, "Engaging with Contemporary South Asia", p.87, no. 23.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.54-2011

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Record created	November 18, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1241603/oh-kolkata-kalighat-painting-kalam-patua/

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