| Medium | : | Acrylic |
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| Height | : | 48 inch / 121.9 cm |
| Width | : | 66 inch / 167.6 cm |
| Surface | : | Canvas |
| Style | : | Animals paintings, Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 167.6 cm × H: 121.9 cm |
| Year | : | 2024 |
Lovers Away from City is a poetic acrylic painting that captures a quiet romantic moment set within a surreal landscape of dreams, memory, and escape. Featuring expressive figures, symbolic imagery, and vibrant colors, the artwork beautifully explores themes of love, freedom, and emotional solitude away from the noise of the modern world.
Ashoke Mullick | Lovers Away from City | Acrylic on Canvas | 66 x 48 inches | 2024
In this dreamlike and emotionally layered composition, Ashoke Mullick brings together romance, memory, and imagination in a beautifully poetic visual narrative. Lovers Away from City portrays a tender moment between two figures set against a vibrant landscape that feels suspended somewhere between reality and fantasy.
The male figure stands quietly holding a bouquet of vivid pink flowers, his expression calm and contemplative, while the woman beside him appears lost in thought, gently immersed in her own emotions. Their connection feels intimate yet unspoken — a quiet companionship away from the chaos of urban life. Behind them, winding roads, distant city structures, and surreal imagery create a layered world filled with symbolism and emotional depth.
A striking black horse dominates the background, representing freedom, desire, and untamed energy, while the ethereal blue figure floating above introduces a dreamlike sense of escape and imagination. The glowing red sun and expressive brushstrokes add warmth and movement, making the painting feel alive with emotion and storytelling.
Rich in color and atmosphere, the artwork beautifully balances folk-inspired simplicity with contemporary expressionism. Every detail invites the viewer to pause, reflect, and interpret the hidden emotions within the scene. This painting is ideal for collectors who appreciate narrative-driven contemporary art filled with symbolism, romance, and human sensitivity.
I like to depict the modern times when people have lost all human contact and have become mechanised. They read newspapers, pick up some jargon and communicate most of the time by telephone. As a painter, I throw light on these aspects where traditions are breaking down and the relationship between generations is getting lost.
Ashoke Mullick is considered one of the leading painters from the Bengal School of Art. Mullick combines a sense of satire with contemporary conditions. His paintings focus strongly on the ordinary man and the contradictions he faces.
Sometimes the look is satiric at other times, it is compassionate, says Mullick of his own works. He uses colours like greens and blues to depict a largely urban India.
Mullick was educated at the Fine Arts Government College, Kolkata. He was greatly fascinated and influenced by works of painters like Gaganendranath Tagore. I was also influenced by German Expressionism that linked art to life. The effects I create are intentional and I want them to become a part of visual experience, he says.
He mostly works in oil on canvas, because as he says, That’s the medium which let’s me experiment the most and which helps me to depict modern life, which in some ways is surrealistic.
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