To many people, the idea of the sublime and the unconscious mean different things. To Kolkata-based artist Piu Sarkar they are the dominating influence on her latest canvases.
Kolkata-based artist Piu Sarkar says the inspiration for her paintings are from her own dream experiences
To many people, the idea of the sublime and the unconscious mean different things. To Kolkata-based artist Piu Sarkar they are the dominating influence on her latest canvases titled Matters Of The Mind.
“The series has evolved from my vision of the mind,” she begins. “It reflects the existence of matters around me. I have portrayed the merger of the conscious mind, which has a limited earthly vision, and the unconscious mind, which is infinite, boundless and spiritiual.”
The 30-year-old artist whose works have been purchased by actress Sushmita Sen and a number of corporate houses and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), says though it was a quantum leap, from her last show on women called Stree Shakti, the present collection does borrow from the subject. Her acclaimed signature women with large almond eyes appear again in these works.
“Those works spoke of my vision about the strength of a woman and this show is also reflective of my own experiences,” she smiles.
The inspiration for it, she says, was not something that she thought would happen or that she hoped for.
“They are my own dream experiences,” she says, adding, “Visions of saints, especially of Mary Magdalene, just kept coming to me until I had to take up the brush and paint what I saw.”
In her painting Bridge That Leads To Forbidden Valley, she portrays herself, arms stretched outward, while the Fall And Rise Of High Priestess narrates a story through a series of drawings.
Though the works there is a resonant image of a yellow sun, that Piu explains as a clear force. “It shows that we all have the same spirit under one sun.”
The varied colours used are in soft tones and the medium used is acrylic with a liberal addition of gold. Her works are on display at the Museum Gallery till the end of this month.
t_ismat@dnaindia.net
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}