Untitled oil on canvas by Manjit Bawa, 22 x 79 cms, 2005.
“Manjit would drive to distant countrysides,” says Delhi-based curator Ina Puri, who is also the artist’s biographer. “He’d then return to his studios, in Delhi and Dalhousie, to work.” Strange, often mythical, goats, bulls, lions and people appear in his canvases—always characterized by strong, flat backgrounds and his focus on an individual, be it man or beast. This painting is from Bawa’s last exhibition in 2005 when his creativity was at its peak. Bawa slipped into a long coma soon after the show and passed away on 29 December last year. He was 67.
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