Visual Rhapsody

Debashis Chanda

ISBN 10: 8190193678 / ISBN 13: 9788190193672

Published by Niyogi Offset, New Delhi, 2005

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Contents 1. Sankha Ghosh foreword. 2. Debashis Chanda before the beginning. 3. Nandalal Bose. 4. Hemendranath Mazumdar. 5. Pradosh Dasgupta. 6. Nikhil Biswas. 7. Sovon Som. 8. Rabin Mondal. 9. Prokash Karmakar. 10. Ganesh Haloi. 11. Ramananda Bandyopadhyay. 12. Jogen Chowdhury. 13. Sunil Das. 14. Indranath Bandyopadhyay. 15. Shuvaprasanna. 16. Tapas Konar. 17. Samir Aich. 18. Sanjay Bhattacharyya. 19. Sanjay Ghosh. 20. Parag Roy. 21. Samindranath Mazumdar. 22. Tanmoy Mridha. 23. Aridam Chattopadhyay. 24. Mithu Sen. 25. Eleena Banik. Abanindranath Tagore once remarked Is an artist obliged only to paint. Surge of creativity may often hurtle him into different media of expression. In his youth Rabindranath Tagore also light heartedly wrote that he did not intend to disappoint any of the muses that he longed to try his hand at everything even painting. This is how a poet wants to step outside poetry and an artist wishes to explore beyond painting. In the history of art and literature there are numerous such instances of border crossing right under our eyes. Visual Rhapsody is a fascinating tale of this border crossing. A collection of poems drawings and paintings by 23 trail blazing Bengali artists it captures the essence of the art of Bengal in poetic and visual format as it has never been depicted before. A bilingual publication in Bengali and English its appeal lies in the editor's ability to assimilate and blend such a compelling range so exquisitely without overwhelming the reader. Visual Rhapsody is a magical presentation of masters both pas0t and present where art meets art and leaves us forever warmed by its afterglow. 144 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visual Rhapsody
• Publisher: Niyogi Offset, New Delhi
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8190193678
• ISBN 13: 9788190193672
• Binding: Hardbound
• Edition: New
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Language: Bengali Text with English Translation
Pages: 148 (85 B/W Illustrations)


Foreword

Almost fifty years ago, one of our major poets, Buddhadev Bose put together an anthology of modern Bengali poetry in which he included, to the surprise of many, an extract from Abanindranath Tagore’s writings. Abanindranath was eminent enough as an artist and as a pioneer in art movement. As a writer also, he was well-known for his distinctive prose-style. But none had expected to see his poem included in an anthology, as impeccably compiled as this one.

Of course, Bose had drawn the extract from a prose-piece of Abanindranath. By rearranging the prose extract in short and long lines-familiar in poetry-he sought to demonstrate that Abanindranath’s prose at times was hardly different from poetry. Perhaps a word or two here and there needed pruning, as Buddhadev did in the extract selected by him. But it often happens that even without such editorial intervention we sometimes exclaim: ‘why it is just like poetry!’ when we come across a certain utterance or situation or experience. Stephen Spender, for one, believed that there are in Delacroix’s Journal many passages, the quality of which ‘makes writers envious’. He then quoted a passage and remarked: ‘the last line seems pure poetry’.

Now what happens when Buddhadev tastes pure poetry in Abanindranath’s prose or Spender in Delacroix’s? Why do such prose-pieces seem poetry to them? Not that such questions admit of easy answers. Perhaps some other is at work, apart from the vibes resulting from the coalescences of the right words or a picture similarly forming itself in the reader’s mind. Perhaps our inner being momentarily becomes active touched by this sense, perhaps one gets a suggestion, a hint of more