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Evening Prayer
Evening Prayer
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Manu Parekh
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 40 × 80 inches
Year: 2022
“Evening Prayer” by Manu Parekh is a captivating exploration of spiritual longing and cultural memory, brought to life through vibrant color, layered textures, and symbolic imagery. The composition is anchored by architectural forms reminiscent of temple structures, their domes rising against a golden-orange twilight sky. These shapes serve as metaphors for the spiritual journey grounded, familiar, yet reaching toward transcendence. At the center of the painting, an expressive figure, abstracted and radiant in reds, yellows, and greens, suggests the act of prayer, devotion, or inner reflection. The figure’s form appears to dissolve into its surroundings, echoing the idea of surrender and spiritual absorption. A glowing full sun hovers in the sky, casting a silvery reflection on the calm waters below. The interplay between light and darkness underscores the transitional moment of dusk, a time between day and night, action and stillness, worldly concerns and spiritual yearning. The water becomes a metaphor for introspection, with ripples of gold and blue emphasizing the quiet movement of time and thought.
On the left side of the painting, boats festooned with strings of colorful flags evoke festivity, tradition, and community rituals, while also suggesting the flow of life and journeys both physical and metaphysical. On the right, dark trees with dense branches provide contrast and frame the scene, grounding the composition and adding a sense of mystery and depth. Parekh’s use of vibrant colors, from the deep indigo waters to the fiery reds and oranges of the central figure, creates a sense of warmth and intensity. The artist’s layered approach to texture, combined with abstract forms, lends the work a dreamlike quality, where reality and symbolism merge seamlessly. “Evening Prayer” is not just a visual experience but a contemplative invitation. It captures the quiet beauty of ritual and the deep emotional resonance of shared cultural practices, encouraging viewers to reflect on their own spiritual connections and the universal search for peace, meaning, and transcendence.
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Mrs Mayor was walked into the art world by the legendary modernist Bimal Das Gupta, one of whose biggest collections remains with Gallery Silver Scapes. In the 1980s, as head and first curator of the Habiart Gallery founded by Mrs Rekha Modi — a childhood friend — Mrs Mayor worked closely with and curated shows for renowned artists such as A Ramachandran, GR Santosh, Rameshwar Broota, Sakti Burman, MK Bardhan, Dhiraj Chaudhury, M Sivanesan, and Arup Das among others.
Besides modern masters, she also worked with young contemporaries such as Sudip Roy, Paresh Maity, Subroto Kundu, Vinod Sharma, and many more. Artworks commissioned by her are now part of prestigious collections, such as those of the India Habitat Centre, Ranbaxy, Pepsi, Hotel Lalit, Bank of America, and many more private and public collections.