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80 | July 2019 The Ideal Home and Garden

Artist Speak

Youth Brigade

A

kshita’s art depicts life

in abundance, adding

colour and vibrancy. Akshita

shares, “My work is not just

a visual treat, it engages with

my audience by penetrating

their intellect and tugging

at their souls. I work on a

concept, write a poem and

then begin creating artwork

that visually supports my

theme. These concepts are

based on social, historical,

mythological and literary

concepts from Shakespeare

and Tolstoy to tongue twisters

and nursery rhymes; from

tales of Cleopatra and Don

Quixote to social issues like

refugees’ suffering and human

trafficking. My artwork

aspires to capture the fickle

nature of fantasies, whims and

reveries, we so often deem as

reality.” Akshita photographs

slums, quaint lanes, and

architecture of different

cities, these are then printed

on canvas. Different media

like Chinese ink, acrylic

paint, and markers are used

to develop the photographs

further. The photographs

represent structure, our

everyday lives, the mundane

we live in. The bright colours,

strokes and intricate designs

that are added over the

photographs represent the

viewer’s achieved, repressed,

conquered, yearning for or

maybe even fulfilled dreams.

Young contemporary artists who inspite of varying degree of

challenges have successfully created a niche for themselves in the

world of art and have become role models

RESEARCH: BENOY SEBASTIAN

Akshita Gandhi