In this age of advertisement and mass media, hardly anyone could escape its impact. We all encounter innumerable images in our daily life, of which many leave an indelible mark in our memory. Such product of popular culture has penetrated every lifestyle and in the process has become an integral and essential part of our visual vocabulary. I translate such experience on to my canvases along with impressions of my personal interaction. I borrow and absorb images from my immediate surrounding and construct narratives out of it.

We often tend to choose images which make a greater impact in our subconscious mind. I excel in creating texture with such a repertoire of images. Thus, personal and popular photographs, magazine cut-outs, local posters to logos of established brands all find their way in my works.

One may find several disseminated self-contained figures on the surface engaged in soliloquy. I manage to play with both crude and fine contours and balance my space with dexterity. At places, I tend to make more personal statement, making the figures look naïve in character. The process of my works makes them more interesting. I constantly paint and erase images from his surface, superimposing them with a new layer of images which strikes my imagination. Every layer leaves some marks on the surface while new layers interact with the existing motifs. My forms floats freely on the surface while occasionally relating to each other. My paintings evolve as an acatalectic design. The array of vibrant colours and geometric motifs make my images look flamboyant.

Born in 1982 in West Bengal, Amritam Das is an upcoming artist with a commendable footprint in the art world. With formal education from Visva Bharti Shantiniketan, Amritam has participated in exhibitions all over the world such as the Harbert Art Gallery & Museum UK, Birla Academy of Art and Culture Kolkata and the H.E.A. London to name a few. He also won the Inlaks Fine Arts Award in 2010.