Gallery Silver Scpaes
Canderous Times-III
Canderous Times-III
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Artist: Anurag Anand
Medium: Mixed Media on Handmade Paper
Edition: Set of 3/9
Size: 9 × 6.5 inches (22.86 × 16.51 cm)
Year: 2024
Anurag Anand’s mixed media work presents a whimsical and richly layered villagescape, where crooked houses, tender trees, and curious birds engage in an almost dreamlike choreography. Rendered on textured handmade paper, this piece blurs the boundaries between the animate and inanimate, as Anand subtly anthropomorphizes the village structures, one house reaching out with arms, another leaning gently, transforming them into emotive participants within the scene. Through this imaginative approach, the artist breathes life into architectural forms, making the built environment a vessel of feeling and memory.
The composition is woven together by winding paths and a solitary bridge, symbolic elements that evoke journeys, connections, and the passage of time. These motifs encourage the viewer to consider not only physical movement through space but also the metaphorical voyages through memory and emotion. Anand’s gentle distortions and surreal balance imbue the scene with a lyrical quality, inviting the audience to wander through a landscape that feels at once familiar and otherworldly. The artist’s choice of mixed media on handmade paper enhances the tactile richness of the work, contributing to its layered texture and visual depth. The natural irregularities of the paper surface complement Anand’s subtle use of line and color, reinforcing the organic quality of the village and its inhabitants. The muted yet warm palette underscores the nostalgic tone of the piece, while soft tonal variations draw the eye across the intricate details of the composition.
This painting stands as a testament to Anand’s ability to blend narrative subtlety with poetic imagery. It invites viewers to reflect on themes of home, belonging, and the intertwining of human experience with place. The surreal anthropomorphism acts as a metaphor for the emotional resonance that architecture and landscape can hold within collective and personal memory. Set of 4/9 in this edition, the work is a compelling exploration of how the seemingly mundane can become a rich terrain of emotional and symbolic meaning. Anand’s villagescape is not merely a depiction of a physical locale but a sensitive, evocative journey into the heart of nostalgia and the fluid nature of memory.
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