Debarchan Rout
Debarchan Rout’s artistic versatility shows in all aspects of his practice: formally, technically, content-wise and emotively. While realism has been a stronghold with Rout, he has never let that become a staid habit, and his pictorial and formal universe is anyway enriched by many other diverse influences – be it Patachitra techniques and motifs or influences from other miniature traditions. Debarchan manages to accomplish a difficult task effectively – that of merging traditional miniature vocabulary with large format realism / abstraction. His technical prowess is fertilised with the power of varied ideas, imagination, stories, mythologies, and visual references. Rout is happy to be working in multiple realms, from works that are easily comprehensible to those that create irony and humour, from works that appeal instantly to those that are darker, quieter, and need more engagement to reveal themselves to you…
