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Eternal Banaras
Eternal Banaras
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Artist: Anurag Anand
Medium: Acrylic on Lenin Canvas
Size: 74 × 76 inches (187.96 × 193.04 cm)
Year: 2025
Anurag Anand’s Eternal Banaras offers a charming and evocative portrayal of a quaint town gracefully nestled beside a tranquil body of water. This stylized painting exudes a serene, almost timeless atmosphere, achieved through a harmonious balance of color, texture, and composition that invites viewers into a peaceful, contemplative world. Rendered in acrylic on canvas, the work channels the essence of folk art and illustrative traditions, with its simplified forms and carefully textured surfaces creating a tactile and visually engaging experience.
The town itself is composed of an assortment of colorful buildings, each adorned with textured roofs and punctuated by expressive, yet simplified windows. The palette favors muted reds, yellows, beiges, and whites, lending the structures an earthy warmth that resonates with the cultural richness associated with the historic city of Banaras. The triangular and peaked roof shapes recur throughout the composition, providing a rhythmic architectural vocabulary that unifies the clustered houses while also imparting a sense of quaint charm and community intimacy. A small, pale triangular building, set just slightly apart from the main cluster, adds a subtle depth to the spatial arrangement. Encircling and framing the town are large, stylized trees painted in varying shades of green, their presence evoking the vital connection between nature and human settlement. Near the water’s edge, a diminutive gray turtle offers a quiet symbol of endurance and the slow passage of time, reinforcing the painting’s contemplative mood. Three small flat-bottomed boats float gently on the placid blue-gray waters, suggesting movement and livelihood while maintaining the overall calm.
A simple wooden bridge gracefully spans the waterway, physically linking different parts of the town and symbolizing connection within the community. The artist’s use of varied brushstrokes and layered colors imbues the surface with subtle texture and vitality, enhancing the folk-art aesthetic and lending a tactile dimension to the visual narrative. Eternal Banaras transcends mere representation, capturing instead a meditative portrait of place and belonging. Through its lyrical simplicity and nuanced detailing, the painting invites reflection on the rhythms of daily life and the enduring spirit of a community in harmony with its environment. This work stands as a testament to Anurag Anand’s ability to distill complex cultural and emotional themes into a composition that is at once accessible and deeply resonant.
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