Arriving in the 21st century – India
Oil on Box Canvas 600 mm X 600 mm Unframed, Ready to Hang
Upper half - people in search of water, a small girl walking away from the scarcity. Lower half – city skyscrapers, traffic including a woman driver, cows on the road, a godman on mobile phone with the power above.
The lower part including the high towers [they represent skyscrapers in Indian cities] is urban India.We have mobile phones used by religious persons [a contradiction of sorts - the figure in the front is a traditional hindu holy man], a woman owner of Tata nano just getting out of the car - another sign of modernity. And we have cycle rikshaws driven by poor men too.Cows are sacred for Hindus - we believe all the gods dwell in a cow, we do not eat beef or kill cows.My point is if they are so sacred, why do we not look after them? We allow them to sit on the roads, and be dirty and unattended and a traffic nuisance.
Kayla, USA; KJD, USA; ST, UK; Hal, USA; Fe, Colombia; Alan, UK; Ana Kmiecik, Stacey, Canada; Deniz, Turkey; Poland; Frau Grabe, Germany; R Ryan, USA; LiviuGherman, Romania; Meral, Turkey; Gerard Flynn, USA; Vera, Sweden; Cynthia, USA
Tags: art, oil painting, oil painting on canvas, traditional painting, surreal painting, imaginary painting, fantasy painting, social painting, political painting, conceptual painting, contemporary painting, subtext to painting, message in painting, narrative in painting, symbolic painting, painting makes a statement, journalistic painting, reportage painting, criticism in painting, critique of state in painting, people in painting, skyscrapers in painting, cows in painting, street in painting, holy man in painting, suitable for political science department, college, institutions
- Type: Oil on Box Canvas
- Size: 600 mm X 600 mm
- Frame: Unframed, Ready to Hang
Political Paintings
Kayla, USA; KJD, USA; ST, UK; Hal, USA; Fe, Colombia; Alan, UK; Ana Kmiecik, Stacey, Canada; Deniz, Turkey; Poland; Frau Grabe, Germany; R Ryan, USA; LiviuGherman, Romania; Meral, Turkey; Gerard Flynn, USA; Vera, Sweden; Cynthia, USA
Tags: art, oil painting, oil painting on canvas, traditional painting, surreal painting, imaginary painting, fantasy painting, social painting, political painting, conceptual painting, contemporary painting, subtext to painting, message in painting, narrative in painting, symbolic painting, painting makes a statement, journalistic painting, reportage painting, criticism in painting, critique of state in painting, people in painting, skyscrapers in painting, cows in painting, street in painting, holy man in painting, suitable for political science department, college, institutions