| Medium | : | Acrylic |
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| Height | : | 42 inch / 106.7 cm |
| Width | : | 52 inch / 132.1 cm |
| Surface | : | Canvas |
| Style | : | Animals paintings, Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 132.1 cm × H: 106.7 cm |
| Year | : | 2016 |
A bold and imaginative painting portraying a woman musician journeying beside a tiger through a dramatic marching crowd. Blending music, symbolism, and emotion with expressive colors and contemporary folk-inspired style, the artwork creates a powerful visual story filled with rhythm, strength, and mystery.
Ashoke Mullick | Musical Journey | Acrylic on Canvas | 42 x 52 inches | 2016
This striking artwork feels like a surreal musical procession unfolding between reality and imagination. At the center of the composition sits a woman dressed in flowing green attire, holding a wind instrument with calm grace while riding alongside a majestic tiger. Her presence is confident yet contemplative, as though she is guiding the rhythm of an unseen journey through sound and silence.
Behind her, a marching band moves through shadowy tones of grey, white, and muted yellow, creating a dramatic contrast against the vivid tiger and the warmth of her figure. The layered crowd almost appears ghostlike, giving the painting a dreamlike atmosphere where music, memory, and movement blend together. The tiger walking beside her adds power and symbolism — representing courage, instinct, and untamed energy within the otherwise disciplined rhythm of the marching musicians.
The artist masterfully combines folk influences with contemporary expressionism, using bold outlines, flat planes of color, and emotional contrasts to tell a story beyond words. Every figure in the painting contributes to a feeling of procession, performance, and inner strength. The woman’s calm expression amidst the crowded background creates a beautiful emotional balance, making her feel both part of the world and separate from it.
This artwork is not simply about music; it feels like a visual metaphor for life’s journey — where art, courage, and identity walk together through chaos and celebration alike. Rich in symbolism and narrative depth, the painting becomes an unforgettable centerpiece full of movement, mystery, and emotion.
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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