| Medium | : | Acrylic |
|---|---|---|
| Height | : | 30 inch / 76.2 cm |
| Width | : | 20 inch / 50.8 cm |
| Surface | : | Canvas |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings |
| Dimension | : | W: 50.8 cm × H: 76.2 cm |
| Year | : | 2024 |
A powerful contemporary acrylic painting by Ashoke Mullick exploring the emotional landscape of urban life through fragmented city forms and a solitary human figure. Rich reds, layered textures, and abstract architectural elements create a dramatic and introspective visual narrative about memory, isolation, and modern existence.
Ashoke Mullick | Pitrified City | Acrylic on Canvas | 20 x 30 inches | 2024
“Pitrified City” by Ashoke Mullick is a deeply evocative contemporary artwork that reflects the emotional weight of urban existence and fragmented human identity. Executed in acrylic on canvas, the painting combines abstract architectural forms with haunting figurative elements, creating a layered visual experience that feels both personal and collective.
Dominated by intense shades of red, black, and muted green, the composition suggests a cityscape that is alive yet emotionally frozen — almost fossilized in memory and silence. The distorted vertical structures resemble crowded buildings, shifting emotions, or collapsing thoughts, while the dark human profile in the foreground introduces a quiet sense of introspection and isolation.
Small white architectural sketches scattered through the composition create a contrast between chaos and structure, memory and reality. The fragmented brushwork and geometric layering give the artwork a raw urban energy, while the subdued facial expression adds a deeply human touch. Rather than presenting a literal city, Ashoke Mullick captures the psychological atmosphere of modern life — crowded, restless, and emotionally complex.
The painting invites viewers to interpret their own relationship with cities, identity, and inner solitude. Its bold visual language and contemporary abstraction make it an engaging statement piece for collectors, modern interiors, galleries, and curated art spaces.
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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