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About the Artist

Madan Lal, an alumnus of Government College of Art in Chandigarh and now Vice Chairman of Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, is a gifted artist who has over the years matured and coined a unique idiom, a distinctive signature style that speaks of an irrepressible life force. His imagery is figurative, mysterious and communicable simultaneously. Raag, Ras and Naad come together in his vibrant compositions. As forms and colours create perfect symphony the artist pays a celebratory ode to life, and to his art. His works seize beauty - both inner and outer - evolving a dynamic of engaging aesthetics. His colour palette is vibrant and effervescent. Yellows, greens, and oranges are kissed by the richness of gold.

Then it dramatically turns blue turquoise et al. Employing the medium of acrylics in a multi-layered, painstaking skill, he creates accomplished, larger-than-life works, as well as smaller compositions. Rich colours carefully chosen pigments; all he reveals go a long way in creating enduring art. By sharing space with metaphysical elements in this materialistic world he asserts that we recognize through words and thoughts. More recently he has started using calligraphic symbols.Madan brings to us questioning visages of pursed lipped women and quizzing, staring, regal parrots. He effuses his canvases with a selection of the iridescent colours of India, from forest greens to Rajasthani pinks and the ever blues of sky and mood. Amidst Madan’s carefully crafted imagery, we see the paraphernalia of modernity. We notice symbolic arrows and alphabetic texts. We espy the manufactured fusing with nature, and perkily prominent elements of haunting domesticity.