UNTOLD STORIES
MADHU
Madhu’s art work show uninhibitedness and frankness that speak of a self -trained artist. This adds a special quality to her art works; of freshness and an unleashed freedom of expression. Her series on women oppression speak and beckon, behind closed bars to tell their story, that get reflected through the medium of colour. Their anguish and agony expressed through ,even in the small sized art works.
Madhu even as a child would find refuge in art. Her childhood visit to her grandparent’s house in Dehradun had her exploring new medium in nature, she would often use the bark of pine trees to colour her world of fantasy. After her husband’s demise to overcome depression, she took solace in art to overcome depression.
Her landscape series show a happy carefree world with azure blue skies dotted with white clouds floating in happiness, the landscape below; with flowers blooming, rivers meandering and birds chirping in trees. There is no attempt to mix the colour palette; the rich intense colours endowing a vibrancy to her compositions.
An octogenarian filled with enthusiasm, her first art show, reflects her zest for art and life. She has in brevity managed to convey her thoughts: in nature with childlike glee and with equal deftness handled sombre subjects of despairing women, telling their untold stories.
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