For Avijit, artist Kolkata "Kaleidoscopic Dream" Series Water colour and Embossing on Archival paper Avijit Mukherjee ( b. 1967) Avijit Mukherjee weaves a colourful tapestry with eclectic images of birds, insects and objects Along with the human figure in yogic postures on the embossed white backdrop. Mukherjee is a prolific printmaker as well as a painter. He has used the techniques of both the mediums to play with the dimension and texture in this series. In these works, each element creates its own story and then as if in an unsolved puzzle finds a random seat next to some strange partners and starts interaction. Such imaginative spaces raise the curiosity of the viewer to search for some coherence in the paintings only to realise with a smile the absurd aesthetics of the ornamental images. The process of continuous discovery of unexpected elements in the intricate motifs is what keeps the viewer's wonderment alive.