Key Points
Equally the best way a father can celebrate his daughters birthday is by showcasing 60 years of his work to the world..
On November 7, this is exactly what happened at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Indias capital city, New Delhi..
This exhibition is kind of rare because Das is an artist who talks little about his work and exhibits it even lesser..
Therefore the NGMA exhibition is god-sent because it encapsulates a lifetime of his work: an amalgam of paintings on canvas and paper, drawings in cont and ink, watercolours, sculptures, graphics, terracotta, ceramic and porcelain platters, pinch toys; as well as his poems and insights about art and life..
It is in a true sense a celebration of Jatin Dass 82 years of a glorious, eventful and envious life: a retrospective that Das says was long overdue..
