Babu Eshwar Prasad
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Medium: Acrylic on paper
Size: 17 x 26 in
Prasad's paintings explore landscapes recalled and recreated through the mind's eye during dreams. Some critics have called these mystical and surreal pictures psychoscapes, or landscapes that have been touched and moulded by the inner self and the alternative reality of dreams. The artist's mind creates and modifies visions of nature, transforming them into patterns and harmonious blends that no one else could imagine, let alone see. There is also a certain nostalgic quality to these psychoscapes, as if the artist is trying to recall the stories and fantasies of his youth, which much to his disappointment have lost their magic when viewed through an adult lens.
Prasad's vocabulary has been describes as an "imagery exploring a psychic map, which he navigates with the amazement of a child, into a world of chimeras, sacred mountains, speaking trees and unknown waters." Often turning to the picture within a picture format, Prasad creates situations that are twisted away from the familiar, but yet not as far away as to be totally unrecognizable. Each form, figure or architectural and natural element is very clear to the viewer, and only transformed in the sense of the role it plays or the position it occupies. Everything that is expected is turned on its head and the artist has no qualms in painting a blood red sky or mountains that are bright yellow.
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