{"product_id":"sakti-burman-9788857226194","title":"Sakti Burman","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough my work I return to my native roots, my youth, and the transitory world of innocence...The role of memory in art is a recognised fact, but in my case, as a painter living in a foreign city for so many years, my memories are doubly potent in sustaining my creative life.\" - Sakti Burman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLegends, family, and Indian gods meet and mingle in \u003cem\u003eSakti Burman\u003c\/em\u003e's private, kaleidoscopic universe. \u003cem\u003eSakti Burman\u003c\/em\u003e is one of India's pioneering painters, who was born in 1935 in Kolkata and grew up in what is now Bangladesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis monograph is the definitive publication illustrating the evolution of Sakti Burman's prolific paintings, drawings, and watercolours, contextualising his lifelong exploration into alternative ways of seeing. Burman's colourful figures hark back to a kind of ancient \"lost paradise,\" but also sustain a fresh and irrepressible faith in the beauty and sensibilities of Mother Nature alongside a hopeful human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464191918316,"sku":"9788857226194","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9788857226194-sakti-burman.jpg?v=1775041568","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/sakti-burman-9788857226194","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}