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Jamini Roy
Accession No . 3142
Artist Name. Jamini Roy
Title. Kalia Mardan
Medium. Tempera on cloth
Size. 76.7 x 116 cm
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Jamini Roy adopted the tribhanga or bent axis for the Krishna figures from traditional iconography. But even so, he infuses these paintings with intense lyricism.  In this particular painting the artist portrays an evocative image of the episode of Kalia Mardan where the blue lord Krishna tames the demon snake Kalia. The richly saturated palette and application of flat tones demolish the boundaries of naturalism. In keeping with the theme, the imagery is invested with a playful iconicity.
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