When the ?Calcutta Sculptors? set out in 1994 with a special mission to fulfil, the group was doubtful if much would be accomplished for the benefit of those pursuing the difficult art form which even today has only a limited market. However, it was a good idea to form a nucleus of sculptors alone to focus on the problems that are specific to the three-dimensional art that the costly media sculptors have to sink their money in, waiting endlessly for a chance customer. The respectability thus given to the most ancient art form has had silent yet salutary consequences.

The just-ended 11th annual exhibition of nine young and not-so-young sculptors, mounted by the group at the Academy of Fine Arts in honour of the eminent senior sculptor, Sunil Paul, was enjoyable not in the sense of being out of the ordinary, but by virtue of the sculptors? common thrust on simplicity and elegance.

The best examples were in the conventional medium ? bronze ? in both rough and smooth texture. Sankar Ghosh?s Tribal Face, Dilip Singh?s Krishna Leela, Anil Sen?s She, Tapas Sarkar?s Couple, Sudarshan Pal?s Mother and Child and Sandip Chakraborty?s Brikshaka were fine specimens of bronze sculptures. Sandip Chakraborty?s creative powers were no less expressive in the wood medium (Bird).