09 June,2009 08:47 AM IST | | Swati Kumari
Woman weds horse at a quaint art show in town
Last year, director John Blanchard decided to call an episode in his TV series Unhitched by the name 'Woman Marries Horse'. Back here at home, the chapter just got repeated, only, this time, on canvas. Fluid, fantasy-ful female forms wed wild equine ecstasy in Biswajit Das and Camellia Suman's Horse Power & Cosmic Relations, an art show that kicked off in town yesterday. "We used to practice together, and when we moved to Delhi, we decided that we would showcase our works together. Our subjects are different, and we don't come in each others' way," said Biswajit.
Das hails from rural Bengal, the birth place of a generation of romantics, where each season brings with itself different hues and moods. His new series, jumps out from the frames to hold the audience in awe. "I have been fascinated with horses since the beginning; it's been seven years now. This exhibition does not focus only on horse-tales; I have tried to express different subjects and emotions," said the creator. But this artist has not limited his horses under the shackles of lasso. "Some paintings depict their speed; some establish their unity and wild bonding, while the others highlight the pain of their extreme loneliness," the painter added. His paintings tell stories that are beyond the mere romance and beauty of nature. They capture history, and the environment in all its splendid glory. A fan of MF Hussain, the 26-year-old palette player revealed, "I have been watching works of Hussain very closely, and I am very fond of them."
Barddhaman, an ancient city in the state of West Bengal, is famous for its Sarvamangala Kali Temple, where Kali stands supreme. The influence of the Divine Feminine is omnipresent in the paintings of Camellia Suman. "Since my childhood, I used to play with my sister and in the course, I tried to understand the female heart. Through a riot of colours on canvas, I have tried to reflect the journey of a woman through the various stages of life and relationships," said the 30-year-old artist. He interprets and brings forth on canvas the innocence, joy, turmoils, angst, trials, tribulations and passion of the feminine soul, with his own inimitable style. The artist's understanding of the female heart, evidently from personal experience, is intensely evident in his paintings. "My mother-in-law and other women in my life have been my inspiration for this exhibition. And I expect that through my paintings, I want to bring a change to the outlook of the society," the easel expert hopes.
Horse Power & Cosmic Relations
Where: AIFACS Gallery, Rafi Marg
On till: June 14
Time: 1 pm to 7 pm
Ring: 23711315/ 23322194
