| Medium | : | Acrylic |
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| Surface | : | Canvas |
| Style | : | Figurative Paintings |
| Year | : | 2025 |
A striking figurative painting that explores themes of human relationships, identity, and celebration. Through warm earthy tones, elegant stylized figures, and symbolic theatrical masks, the artwork captures the delicate balance between outward appearances and inner emotions, creating a scene that is both festive and deeply reflective.
Samir Sarkar | Acrylic on Canvas
This vibrant figurative composition captures the spirit of celebration, companionship, and the many roles people play in life. Rendered in warm shades of orange, red, and amber, the painting presents a group of stylized figures gathered within a festive setting, surrounded by strings of pennants and floating theatrical masks. The masks become a powerful metaphor for the different emotions, identities, and performances that shape human relationships.
The elongated figures, a hallmark of contemporary Indian figurative art, are depicted in pairs, embracing and leaning into one another with a sense of intimacy and trust. Their simplified facial features and graceful forms allow viewers to project their own experiences onto the scene, making the work both personal and universal. The rhythmic arrangement of figures across the canvas creates a visual narrative that moves seamlessly between celebration and introspection.
The artist’s use of rich, glowing colours evokes warmth and nostalgia, while the symbolic masks hint at the contrast between our public personas and private selves. The result is a painting that celebrates human connection while gently reminding us of the complexities beneath the surface. Decorative yet thought-provoking, this artwork brings energy, emotion, and storytelling into any space.
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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