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Emotional journey
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|November 02, 2025
Nandan Purkayastha is a self-taught artist. Though he would have liked to pursue art as education, his circumstances restricted hi.
However, the passion stayed and today he is geared up to present his solo exhibition of inticate work 'Continuum', at the prestigious Auditorium in Jehangir Art Gallery.
Presented by Sanchit Art Gallery, this watercolours will be on display till November 10. The Free Press Journal had a chat with the artist.
Excerpts from an interview:
What attracted you to this form of art?
What has always drawn me to this form of art is the way it balances simplicity within complexity. I've been fascinated by how a single line or gesture can carry centuries of emotion, memory, and ritual. My journey has always been about finding rhythm between tradition and evolution, between the earthiness of mythology and the precision of modern design. The process feels meditative, like decoding stories that already exist within the material. What attracts me most is this continuum: that art can flow freely between the ancient and the contemporary, between structure and spirit, while still feeling alive in the present moment.
Which is your preferred medium, base and why?
This story is from the November 02, 2025 edition of The Free Press Journal - Mumbai.
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