2022

Metamoina 2022

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Tales of Beauty & Cruelty
Water color on Paper, 10.5 x 15 in, 2020

Concept:
The crows live like people all over this city. Just like a good friend, crows always benefit us by eating dirty garbage and purifying the environment. But since birth, there has been a superstition in the minds of human beings about these birds. Which has been going on from age to age. Flowers, leaves, butterflies, birds, we do not think of any animal as a symbol of evil, maybe it is beautiful. People are always beautiful worshipers and beautiful before acceptance. Mankind determines good and evil based on the external beauty. Yet in our society, the daughter is neglected and considered as evil only because of her appearance. People have not yet been able to get out of the strange customs in the society. So maybe the sharp edge of a bow and arrow is still able to remove the superstition in the minds of people. Is it just for the sake of external beauty that the friendly bird like crow has to be carried away in the misfortune or the girl child has to be neglected? When will people in this society develop mental well-being?

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ARPITA SINGHA LOPA