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Angles of Emotion

Ayushman Mitra’s paintings have tried to capture different angles of emotion through vibrant colours and bold lines

Posted On Monday, February 01, 2010

By- Annesh Thakur

Ayushman with his own painting

An exhibition of paintings at Genesis Art Gallery, by Ayushman Mitra, was held between January 15 and January 17. Ayushman Mitra is a student of Mass Communication and Videography at St Xavier’s College.

Ayushman, as defined by his friends and associates, is “a fantastic painter”. On-lookers believe the sheer confidence of strokes on the canvas is a reflection of the artist’s undeterred will to assertion.

The latest collection of Ayushman’s paintings was aptly named Angles of Emotion! When quizzed about the name for the exhibition, he said, “I believe an emotion cannot have a single meaning. Joy for me is different from what it is for you. Similarly every emotion has a different connotation for every individual. My paintings have tried to capture these different angles of emotion through vibrant colours, bold lines and abstract concepts. Painting is like a colorful narrative where each stroke tells a story.”

Art lovers check out the paintings on display

In his recent collection, each painting has a unique sense of structure; complex emotions such as confusion, contradiction, envy, love, despair, hope, agony have been depicted with different shades. The paintings are a mix of contemporary art and old Bengal school type - they are very Indian at the core but have contemporary techniques.

“To me emotions are a very important aspect of life. Emotions construct our world. Each colour is significantly similar to an emotion and thus, my art constructs a parallel world of free thought and expression,” said Ayushman when a visitor asked why so many colours had been used without any scenery depicting the beauty of Nature.

Ayushman has been painting ever since he was six years and has honed his skills at Mayo College, Ajmer. The grandson of celebrated Bengali painter Sri Goshto Kumar, Ayushman wants to be a film maker. According to him, “Art shall forever remain with me, but I want to see myself as a filmmaker some day. I think cinema is the only medium in which I can experiment with all my creative traits.”