Artist Anurag Anand brings together 60 intriguing works as a layered narrative in his latest solo exhibition titled Echoes, at Silver Scapes gallery in New Delhi. These are works laced with his deep-seated understanding of man-made structures and the human emotional spectrum.
The man-made structures and their interplay with nature and humanity form the carrier of my thoughts,” says Anurag, “coming together to tell a story or to transport the viewers to a place from their memory or their fantasies. What each work shares with the viewer is deeply personal and rooted in their own experiences and memories.” The collection is his labour of love across three years and brings in renditions of village scenes. Some of these were inspired by his early days in Chhapra in Bihar before he left home to jpoi na boarding school.
“The mental images of the unrestrained and vast village landscapes that my little mind would paint back then have perhaps found a way to seep onto my canvases as well,” he shares. “The shapes that I paint, and their distortions, originate from a place….
Shilpi Madan for Sunday Herald