Subba Ghosh was born in New Delhi India and continues to practice in the city. He has studied at the College of Art, New Delhi where he has done his BFA and MFA from. From 1984 to 1987 he studied painting, drawing and anatomy at the Surikov Academy of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia. He finished his MA in fine Arts from the Slade School of Art, UCL, London UK with distinction in painting and art theory in 1996. He was the recipient of the National Award from the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1994 and also received the Commonwealth Scholarship to study in the UK in the same year. Subba is the current recipient of the Senior Fellowship from the Government of India. Subba’s work has been shown in various national and international exhibitions in various countries and is in various public and private collections like the NGMA. Subba has had 4 solo shows, the last one in Indar Pasricha Fine Art in London, UK in 2011.

WORK

Citizen
by Subba Ghosh
Acrylic paint on fibreglass
2009

Stop for Cheeking (Checking)
by Subba Ghosh
Oil on canvas pasted on MDF
2009

Within Darkness: Homage to Nat King Cole in Today’s World
by Subba Ghosh
Installation shot
2008

ESSAYS

The Lexis of Extended Time

by Shukla Sawant

At a time when the mass produced ornament, masquerading as an interventionist social project has developed into a set formula in contemporary art practice, it is rare to see a body of work that engages with the political, through the sensorial experience of the hand drawn image. In an art world where

Subba Ghosh

The Lexis of Extended Time

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