Painting Yutori on canvas
Yutori describes a condition where space becomes a site of awareness. In SPACIOUSNESS, presented at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Sutapa Dasgupta translates that idea into a language of restraint, patience, and inward clarity. Her grounding under Sunil Madhav Sen is visible, yet the work feels authored by experience years of watching, absorbing, and returning.
Dasgupta’s palette operates as a rigorous argument where luminous passages open the surface and disciplined lines create a sense of measure. The centerpiece, I am Cherry Blossom, functions as a meditation on the resilience of the fragile, capturing an internal state of becoming.
This piece reflects a spiritual homecoming, bridging the gap between a twenty-year career in education and a reclamation of the creative self. I Missed You Here stages absence as architecture; the gap becomes what holds the image together. As the eye travels through Miles to Go, structured linear elements act as anchors for the journey.
Across these twenty-five abstract works, including Filled with Hope, the artist traces movement without spectacle. Time progresses thoughtfully, as if the canvases negotiate every advance. Bridge the Gap becomes a reflective nexus-mapping the fragile crossings between private reflection and civic life.
By embodying the Japanese philosophy of Yutori, Dasgupta transforms the exhibition into a sanctuary. Each stroke reinforces the conviction that humans are not separate from the natural world, but expressions of its infinite and unhurried depth. SPACIOUSNESS fundamentally treats painting as contemplation made visible and invites viewers into that disciplined breath.
