Ganesh Haloi: In Linear Abstraction
December 22, 2016 - January 20, 2017 at Akar Prakar, Delhi
The present series of paintings/drawings by the eminent artist Ganesh Haloi are like a visual soliloquy, where he transforms nature into transcendental rhythm through sublime introspection about life and reality.
Haloi belives in ceaseless, continuous flow of life and nature. It is like a flame of a lamp that burns through out the night. The state of the “being” transforms but the essence remains the same. Out of this mystic spirituality he generates his commitment towards the intrinsic truth within apparent beauty. So his forms deviate from naturalness of nature to touch its inner spirit. Reality is transformed into abstract rhythm. This rhythmic transcendentalism is the essence of this series of his works.
Mrinal Ghosh
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled | Watercolour on paper | 21.5 x 25.5 in | 1996
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled | Watercolour on paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2011
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled | Watercolour on paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled | Watercolour on paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2011
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 2 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 3 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 4 | Watercolor on Paper | 7 x 8.75 in | 2009
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 5 | Watercolor on Paper | 6 x 8.75 in | 2010
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 6 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 7 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2011
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 8 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 9 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 10 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 11 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 12 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 13 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 15 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 16 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 18 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 19 | Watercolor on Paper | 5.75 x 11.25 in | 2014
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 20 | Watercolor on Paper | 6.75 x 10.5 in | 2013
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 21 | Watercolor on Paper | 6.75 x 10,5 in | 2013
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 22 | Watercolor on Paper | 5.75 x 11.25 in | 2014
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 23 | Watercolor on Paper | 5.75 x 11.25 in | 2014
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 24 | Watercolor on Paper | 5.75 x 11.25 in | 2014
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 25 | Watercolor on Paper | 5.75 x 11.25 in | 2014
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 26 | Watercolor on Paper | 5.75 x 11.25 in | 2014
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 27 | Watercolor on Paper | 5.75 x 11.25 in | 2014
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 28 | Watercolor on Paper | 5.75 x 11.25 in | 2014
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 29 | Watercolor on Paper | 5.75 x 11.25 in | 2014
Ganesh Haloi | Untitled 30 | Watercolor on Paper | 10.5 x 13.75 in | 2012
Ganesh Haloi
Ganesh Haloi was born in Jamalpur, Mymensingh, now in Bangladesh in 1936. He moved to Calcutta in 1950 following the Partition. The trauma of the uprooting left its mark on his work as it did on some other painters of his generation. In 1956, he graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta. The next year he joined the Archaeological Survey of India to make copies of the Ajanta murals. After seven years, Haloi returned to Calcutta to work. From 1963 till his retirement, he taught at the Government College of Art and Craft. Since 1971, he has been a member of the Society of Contemporary Artists. The experience of Ajanta influenced Haloi profoundly and his works showed an innate lyricism and a sense of nostalgia for a lost world pervaded these paintings.
He is a Member of The Society of Contemporary Artists, Calcutta Since 1971 and lives and works in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.