After graduating from Kala Bhavan (Shantiniketan) in 1975, Haren Thakur participated in numerous exhibitions and camps as well as major group and solo shows held in various towns including Kolkata, Ranchi and Mumbai.
Known for his distinctive medium, a collage of Nepali rice paper on canvas, Haren uses animals to depict the political situation in India and thus turns his paintings into satires. As a result, his works animate the viewer’s thoughts trying to disclose the secret and figure out the hidden message.
Capturing the viewer’s attention with his simple themes and philosophy, the artist says, “Without the much hyped philosophical angle, I want to come out with paintings of serene and simple philosophical attachment” (The New Indian Express, March 16, 2001).
The blending of ethnical and modern art has impressed a great number of amateurs in India as well as in Chicago, Toronto, London.
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