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Sakti BURMAN (Calcutta, 1935) On the balcony Oil on canvas 50 x 61 cm Signed lower center Sakti Burman Slightly oiled Provenance : Private collection, France. Acquired from Robert Hanoune, Montmorency, April 14, 1979. "Born in Calcutta in 1935, Sakti Burman studied at the Government College of Art and Craft before obtaining a scholarship from the French government, which enabled him to continue his training at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he settled permanently from the 1960s. Although deeply rooted in the European artistic context, his work remains permeated by the resonances of his Indian heritage. During a trip to Italy in 1958, his discovery of the frescoes of Giotto, Piero della Francesca and Simone Martini marked a turning point in his practice. He drew inspiration from them to develop a singular technique combining marbling and pointillism, giving his canvases the appearance of ancient frescoes, as if sculpted in memory. He combines oils and acrylics to produce textured surfaces reminiscent of stone or frescoes erased by time. His instantly recognizable pictorial universe blends Hindu mythologies and Italian Renaissance references, childhood memories and familiar figures, creating a dreamlike world populated by harlequins, divinities, musicians and fabulous animals. His richly symbolic compositions often take the form of windows opening onto the imaginary. Floating curtains and painted frames are just some of the thresholds crossed by the eye. Described as an "alchemist of dreams", Sakti Burman's work is suspended between myth and reality, celebration and meditation, East and West. Her paintings, both poetic and spiritual, weave a dialogue between cultures, nourished as much by the Buddhist caves of Ajantâ as by European Baroque allegories. Since his first solo show in Calcutta in 1954, he has exhibited in the major art capitals - Paris, London, Milan, Zurich, New York, Mumbai - and has been the subject of numerous retrospectives. Today, he is recognized as one of the leading artists on the modern Indo-French scene."