the art of ganesh pyne

myth and poetry

Kolkata is the locale that makes Ganesh Pyne tick. He needs the signs of decrepitude (the darkening horizon, the shabby streets) to create images of gentle melancholy or visceral intensity. The city’s grey smoggy atmosphere, blurred streetlights, street drunks, a lame baul singer, a beautiful woman waiting patiently  on a broken balcony, or a holy…