Parimal Kumar Saha
American Landmark: Artist in Residence Finalist, 2020
Parimal (Dhiren) Kumar Saha is a multidisciplinary artist from Kolkata, India who practices painting, paper sculpture, ceramic sculpture, pottery, puppetry and fashion design. He is excited about the prospect of sharing these practices with American Landmark residents.
Parimal graduated in Fine Art Painting 1996, participated in workshops and in auctions with the ace painters of India. He has exhibited paintings in countries all over the world, such as in Italy, Australia, China to name a few. Obscure personalities are the collectors and admirers of his works. Parimal has had TV and print media coverage of his works, as well as received several awards for outstanding works.
Parimal has been creating art since the age of 12, and is now a full-time artist and art instructor. Currently his focus is on painting stunning and inspiring landscapes which are meant to trigger emotions and memories for the viewer.
Parimal’s paintings evoke the drama of life, or “Dramatism,” a term he uses to describe the expression of various emotional states like sorrow, frustration and happiness. Through his paintings he depicts the different shades of “Success” and “Failure”, choosing subjects from his own personal life. Almost all his works of art showcase various learning experiences in life. “A painting never dilutes, it always has a meaning and conveys a message and one should have an eye to see that.”
Parimal describes the top left painting:
“We have experienced a number of war fare on the planet from the time of kingdom to the modern time. This is one of the stories of a kingdom and its warfare. The history is silently recalling the memory that once they had been here with pride and prosperity. Once they fought with pride, they ruled, but now only the history of rude memory is existing. There is only debris of that.”
