
Dipak Banerjee Indian, 1936-2020
Chausatyogini, 2008
Mixed Media on Canvas
31" x 41"
The word ‘Chausat’ is translated to 64, while ‘yogini’ literally means a female practitioner of yoga. These are the forest spirits and mother goddesses, worshipped by the tribes of central...
The word ‘Chausat’ is translated to 64, while ‘yogini’ literally means a female practitioner of yoga. These are the forest spirits and mother goddesses, worshipped by the tribes of central India. Dipak Banerjee’s universe lay within the symmetric and geometric patterns of tantric symbols rooted in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain iconographies. Within the symmetry of his lines, we get a glimpse of thematic exactitude, floating in the flow of colour, an embracing of Indian folk traditions