| Medium | : | Charcoal, Tempera |
|---|---|---|
| Height | : | 48 inch / 121.9 cm |
| Width | : | 36 inch / 91.4 cm |
| Surface | : | Canvas, Rice Paper |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 91.4 cm × H: 121.9 cm |
| Year | : | 2021 |
A tender and intimate portrayal of home life during lockdown by Subha Basu. Through layered interiors and quiet moments, the work reflects the balance of closeness and solitude within everyday living.
Subha Basu | An Evening in Lockdown | Tempera, Charcoal on Rice Paper on Canvas | 48 x 42 inches | 2021
In “An Evening in Lockdown”, Subha Basu gently unfolds the quiet drama of everyday life within the confines of home. At first glance, the painting feels like a cutaway view into a lived-in space—rooms opening into one another, each holding its own small, intimate story. But as you spend time with it, the work begins to feel deeply familiar, almost like peeking into a memory of shared stillness.
In the foreground, two figures sit together, relaxed yet absorbed in their own thoughts, as a television flickers in the background — perhaps the only window to the outside world during those uncertain times. Around them, life continues in fragments: someone rests on a bed, another flips through a newspaper, a woman washes her hands, while upstairs, a quiet moment of solitude unfolds near a small shrine. Even a resting dog becomes part of this gentle rhythm.
Basu’s use of tempera and charcoal on rice paper and canvas gives the composition a delicate yet structured quality. The lines are precise but never rigid, allowing warmth and movement to flow through the space. The colors — soft pinks, muted yellows, earthy tones — bring a sense of lived comfort, while the layered interiors reflect both physical closeness and emotional distance.
What makes this work compelling is its honesty. It doesn’t dramatize the lockdown; instead, it captures the subtle coexistence of togetherness and isolation. Each figure seems present, yet inward, creating a quiet tension that many will recognize. It’s a portrait not just of a home, but of a shared human experience — where time slowed down, and ordinary moments quietly deepened.
Born – 1982 at Kolkata. B.V.A from The Indian College of Art & Draftsmanship in 2006, M.F.A from R.B.U in 2008. Participate more than 40 Group Show in Kolkata, New Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore,Mumbai, New-york. Receive many award including AIFACS award, State academy award, Camel Art Foundation award etc. Participate many Art Camp including Jodhpur Art Camp (org. by Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art), AIFACS Camp at New Delhi, National Camp (org. by WZCC Govt. of India and Art & Culture Dept. Govt. of Goa) at Panji, Goa etc. Now I working as a freelance Artist staying at Kolkata.
ABOUT :
To him art is nothing but an application of realized truth. He think an Artist wants to frame his or her daily experience either consciously or subconsciously. In this way an Art object becomes a cultural document of time.
Generally he wants to frame my daily experiences in his work. Objective depication gives a subjective expression in his work. consciously or subconsciously the subject of his work have been collected from my surroundings. The figures of his painting are partly moulded in three dimensional form (through in most cases they are neither painted in their local colours nor is the execution method of this three dimensionality academic western style dependent), Using the ‘mode of relief ‘ style of painting. Every time he begin on painted flat surface. When he draw on that painted flat surface he used to play with them. His images go through many transformations till they got their final shape. For the sake of composition he have stretched his creative liberty to extent of arranging figures even up site down. Generally he used some bright colour on a mat surface. Which represents bright and darkness of our life.
He think my images are representative of an entire class of society where he belong.
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