Paintings, sculptures showcase nature at 'Swell' exhibition

'Swell', a six-day exhibition of paintings and sculptures reflecting various moments persuading one to rise above or extend beyond the level of mainstream surrounding and its happenings through the elements of nature, began here today.
The exhibits, by artists Somnath Chakraborty and Chandranath Das, are a union of sculpturing and paintings depicting different aspects and creating wondrous scenes inspired by the beckoning of the hills, its ambiance and people portrayed through paintings as well as sculptures of human figure which play out everyday encounters between man and the world which surrounds him.
Noted film actor and director Rahul Bose and legendary mountaineer Colonel Gulshan Chadha, former principal of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling and present Director of National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS), Arunachal Pradesh, will be present at the exhibition on November 11.

According to Das, who has a Master and Research degree (AMA) in Cultural Heritage & Restoration from UK and Italy, his paintings have been exhibited at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi, National Library in Kolkata, besides various other places in India and abroad.
Chakraborty, who resides in Kolkata, is a renowned sculptor. His collections have also been displayed in India and abroad. He got his degree in fine arts from Govt College of Art, Kolkata.