About Basuki Dasgupta

Renowned artist Basuki Dasgupta's childhood was highly fabricated by the lyrical intimacy of terracotta temples at Bishnupur, West Bengal. He shared his joys and frustrations, love and loneliness with the rhythm of terracotta, and the mysterious patterns of temple architecture. His Devi series is not merely a part of mythology, but an expression of the faith, of triumph of good over evil. Durga, the modern day representation of compassion, truth and magnanimity, in short life itself as against Mahishasura the representation of greed, self and ego.