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Sujil’s language looks too conventional to be defiant. The watercolor wash and the precision drawing make the onlooker think about the golden days of artistic craftsmanship. The subtlety of rendering and the tenderness of the images position the artist as a romantic who has been searching for his wilderness to lose himself. Though the works of Sujil give an impression of a romantic painter, the intensity with which the artist treats them tell us that Sujil aspires for the purity of the mediums that he uses and through this purity he wants to reach out to ideas that are dear to him; from love to nature. Purity is not a negative notion in Sujil. For him, purity is all about identity; giving autonomy to each aspect of his works. In ‘We were searching for ourselves in each other’, the artist creates an ethereal winged being who almost reminds the viewer of Rima, a character created by W.H.Hudson in his novel titled, ‘Green Mansions’. The winged being, an angelic woman with her face covered with a crotched veil stands against a backdrop which has several abstract forms floating around. The image invites you to the world of romantic love and celebrations. In another exhibit, he attempts on the same textural values with pronounced greenish tones and the image suggests the individual’s aspiration to reach out to an enlightened plane. |
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