I found these two works of art pretty interesting and as a door darling I must include them in my collection. The painting is hanging in the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi. The artist is  Anil Kuranjai  (1940-2001) and he was part of group of radicals calling themselves the Hungry Generation.  The studio “Devil´s Workshop” in Benares (also known as Varanasi) was a meeting point for many artitis and they established a gallery which  - funny enough- was called “Paradise Cafe” ; this was in the late 60s and  a lot of American beatnicks (poets Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder)loved to hang out there, too.

The painting is called “Door of Kurma“.  Kurma, in Hinduism, is the second of 10 avatars of the supreme god Vishnu, the god preserver (Shiva is the destroyer). Kurma came in form of a turtle. What this has to do with this door…. your guess is as good as mine.

In another art work, this time a zoomed-in lock image highly enlarged, we find the beauty in detail . The artist Sanjay Bhattacharya, born 1958, and like Anil a Bengali, took photos of “Found Objects” (name of the exhibition) and made them appear like abstract art. I found this quite brilliant and have been seeing things on the street quite in a new light since seeing his works. Even doing my own art from the streets photos now.

Sorry that this is a bit blury and of course the colors are much better in the real, but still it gives you an idea. His works are currently on exhibition in New Delhi in a privately run gallery. Hope they wont suit me for showing this stuff here.