Tantric Tints & Spiritual Shades

Dipak Banerjee’s work shows an interest in the construction of designs with two dimensional geometric shapes of contrasting characters. He constructs designs in which linearly delineated shapes from taut symmetrical configuration. But his painting cannot be called geometric abstract constructions, for at the same time, one finds tonally graded colors overflowing linear limits of geometry and various kinds of surface textures, effected through whispering calligraphy and aquatint, enlivening up the surface organically. - Pranabranjan Ray (Art Historian)

Born in 1936 in Bangladesh, Dipak Banerjee studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata. Banerjee received a scholarship from the French Government and worked in Paris and Oslo, where he went on a Norwegian Government stipend.  His canvases are typically worked with vegetable colours and employ tantric motifs and symbolism of form. He is an acknowledged master of printmaking in the intaglio method. In recognition of the fine qualities of his etching and engraving he has been given all the coveted awards India can offer. He has had impeccable training in the methods of taking multicoloured intaglio prints off single etched plates by differentiating the viscosity of each colour at the Atelier 17 of Paris. He has successfully exhibited many of his prints in prestigious international expositions and has worked in Norway as a printmaker. He headed the printmaking section of the Faculty of Visual Arts of the Benaras Hindu University for two decades.