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Une soirée en jour d'été
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Artist: Samij Datta
Title: One Evening in a Summer’s Day (2008)
Medium: Charcoal and ink on paper
Description: The painting "Une soirée un jour d'été"/"One Evening in a Summer's Day" is based on 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire's poem ‘Il aimait à la voir’ where Baudelaire describes the desire or the object of male gaze in "It was in her white skirts that he loved to see/her run straight through the branches and leaves, gracefully,/but still gauche, and hiding her leg from the light,/when she tore her dress, on the briars, in her flight." – Joy Roy Choudhury
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| comments from around the world | | "Very interesting to see the engagement with Baudelaire and fin-de-siecle modernism". Best Wishes - Prof Robert Hampson FEA, FRSA, Head of Dept of English, Royal Holloway, University of London | |
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| comments from around the world | | "The art project looks very interesting- good luck with it"!- Dr Matthew Beaumont, Dept of English, University College London
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| comments from around the world | | "A novel and highly useful project".- Dr M S Thimmappa, Ex-Vice Chancellor, Bangalore University & Educationist. | |
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| comments from around the world | | "I took a look at some of Datta's work, very appealing. I convey my enthusiasm for critical projects that engage with French symbolism. Best of luck". - MS Emily Apter, Professor of French Literature, Dept of French, New York University | |
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| comments from around the world | | “Charles Baudelaire - a legendary name, Extensively travelled, all thru' the bad lairs of the social system poetically. So that societal problems so exposed can get transformed with the light of 'its' awareness ....... Which Sri Samij Datta articulated aesthetically with his innovative and intuitive efforts helping that awareness to evolute into required conciousness of Wisdom enmasse.........." Mr Amit Kumar Guha Niyogi, Assistant Manager, Reserve Bank of India
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| comments from around the world | | "I like your work; it's an interesting reinterpretation of XIX Century Themes" -Jean-Marie Apostolidès, Professor of French, Stanford University.
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| comments from around the world | | "The work looks interesting, and I think interdisciplinary shows are a good idea and very much in l'air du temps".- MS Heidi Ellison, Editor & Art Critic, Paris Update | |
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| comments from around the world | | "The Baudelaire portrait is a powerful drawing with a strong impression!
The black-and-white paint decision is perfect selected for the portrait.
The face shows the real life with the ups and downs and special focus on the accentuated eyes gives a viewer the key to the inner life.
A impressive work from Samij Datta.", - Ellen Sommer, MaaEarth Business & Art, Kehl/Germany. | |
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