What are paintings? Are they simply a thematic representation of the soul? Are they the viewers’ perception? Are they the techniques of the past and present? Perhaps they are all three concepts married together. It is no wonder, it works in the favour of Anjolie Ela Menon. Menon’s work is not shy of a good technique. She amalgamates the universal themes of family, the urban environment, and its inductive spirituality into a delectable treat for art enthusiasts.
This article focuses on 11 of her most famous paintings, which titillate the soul and eradicate the hunger for ethos.
Nude Eden Revisited, 2006
Woman with Goats, 2020
Kumbhmela, 2021
After The Party, 2017
Untitled (Beach Scene), 1985
Goatherd (Triptych), 2017
Landscape, 2017 – Artsy
Divine Mothers Series – I (Parvati), 2014
Parampara, 2003
Nostalgia 2022
The Walled City, 2012
Photo Courtesy – Harmony India
Anjolie Ela Menon, the Indian contemporary artist who has helmed artistic reinvention for decades