Highrises & Hutments

Title : Urban Landcapes Size : 100 canvases of 4'' by 4'' each Medium : Acrylic and Oli on Canvas Year : 2010 - 2011 365 days in Mumbai The inherent rigidity of urban spaces; Of palatial houses and hutments jostling for space... Of hope and helplessness Of over crowded lives & bleak hollow emptiness Of quiet, serene moments & loud, vibrant sounds Of Bollywood glamour and abject poverty Of collapsing relationships & fairy tale endings Of an eroding social fabric & passionate uprisings Of empty promises & undying faith Of a kaleidoscope of color and blue plastic sheets covering the huts Of its noisy streets and the gentle lull of the sea breeze Of explosions of vibrant color and dull dreary buildings Of unchecked, u