RAMKINKER 2
PTI | 03:02 PM,Feb 13,2012Apart from the Yaksha- Yakshini figures outside RBI Apart from the Yaksha- Yakshini figures outside RBI building, there is also a relief work on a panel Goddess Saraswati at the Modern School here which was done by Ramkimker Baij during his six month visit in 1932-22. Baij, says the curator rebelled against himself continuously and renewed himself constantly. "Beginning in the early 30s he began to fill the campus of Santiniketan with sculptures which were innovative in subject matter and personal in style. He was able to be spontaneous as well as thoughtful at the same time," says Radhakrishnan. Baij's works at the Viswa Bharti campus include the famous sculpture of a Santhal family walking to work carrying their meagre possessions as also the 'Mill Call' which showcases a working class family setting off for work. Baij's sculptural experiments were daring and he used never before used materials for art like cement and it is said that he used to paint on gunny bag cloth and often there were layers of paintings on one canvas. He is, therefore, known as the first figure of modern Indian sculpture. Ramkinker Baij was also an intense chronicler of his surroundings, says Radhakrishnan. "His innumerable portraits of animals prove his love for the life of the significant as well as the insignificant," he says. Radhakrishnan has displayed Baij's works based on the dominant themes. MORE
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