Standing 82 years strong, Kolkata-based sculptor Shankar Ghosh’s recent exhibition in Mumbai, at the Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, comprised 28 brass figurines depicting Ghosh’s signature theme of nature and the human form. “I have tried to play around with other themes but even though the feedback was good, I was not a fan of what I created,” he tells Mid-Day. Weighing in at over 10 kg each, the elegant metal structures are difficult to transport for a perfectionist like Ghosh, who prefers to handle the out-of-city shows himself. He is currently finishing a life-size sculpture of himself for the Birla Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata. “It’s my own figure, 5.5 ft in height, where I’m resting on an armchair. Call it an old man’s fancy, but that’s how I want the world to remember me.”

Photograph by Anirban Datta
Featured in Harmony — Celebrate Age Magazine
November 2016