Rina Banerjee, "No matter how wealthy the wealthy are it's illness no just inconvenience, not illusion bearded in primitive places, sleepy bed fellows embedded in commerce as pillows," 2020 (detail), acrylic on paper, 22 x 15 inches
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and poet, once wrote, "The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul." From the Mona Lisa to Picasso's Weeping Woman, an eye plays an influential role in great pieces of art. Many speak volumes and stir something inside all of us. Some would call it creativity while many would call it an artistic vision of a great master. In the eighth edition of Indian Art Fair, there were numerous canvases and sculptures making the viewers marvel at the capacity in which artists can use eyes as an element to express themselves in intentional, prolific and sometimes painful ways.
