SOUMENART: May 2020

Sunday, 17 May 2020

© Soumen Bhowmick 2020
*Videography : Soumen Bhowmick
*Venue : My Studio
Date : 6/4/2020

Well friends as we all know that we should stay in complete isolation and indoors to fight with this nasty contagious virus, wreaking havoc globally. Right now on 6 April 2020 I am sharing my drawings that I created during this sad but extremely necessary nationwide lockdown. In this video you can see the pain and the dilemma faced by our migrant workers from different villages, while trying to return to their homes during this lockdown. They are without food and walked hundreds of kilometers to reach their villages. Some of them faced death too.

Staying home in my studio, I challenge myself to create random accounts of my isolated experiences with fear and loneliness and an uncertain future.

#ArtinLockdown #SoumenArt #Corona #Artist #ContemporaryArt

Art in Lockdown Day 12

© Soumen Bhowmick 2020
*Videography : Soumen Bhowmick
*Venue : In my studio
Date : 5/4/2020

Showing the battle between Man Vs Corona. The way air travel helped in its spread all across the world. Locked down in our homes due to the corona pandemic gives an artist quite a challenge to keep calm and create artworks.

#ArtinLockdown #SoumenArt #Paintings #Contemporary

Art in Lockdown Day 11

© Soumen Bhowmick 2020
*Videography : Soumen Bhowmick
*Venue : In my studio
Video Edited by : Suvankar Nandi
Date : 4/4/2020

Art in Lockdown Day 10

© Soumen Bhowmick 2020
*Videography : Soumen Bhowmick
*Venue : In my studio
Video Edited by : Suvankar Nandi
Date : 3/4/2020

Art in Lockdown Day 9

Art in Lockdown Day 8

Art in Lockdown Day 7

© Soumen Bhowmick 2020
*Videography : Soumen Bhowmick
*Venue : In my studio
Date : 31/3/2020

Well friends as we all know that we should stay in complete isolation and indoors to fight with this nasty contagious virus, wreaking havoc globally. Right now on 31 March 2020 I am sharing my drawings that I created during this sad but extremely necessary nationwide lockdown. In this video you can see the pain and the dilemma faced by our migrant workers from different villages, while trying to return to their homes during this lockdown.

Art in Lockdown Day 6

© Soumen Bhowmick 2020
*Videography : Soumen Bhowmick
*Venue : In my studio
Date : 30/3/2020

Well friends as we all know that we should stay in complete isolation and indoors to fight with this nasty contagious virus, wreaking havoc globally. Right now on 30 March 2020 I am sharing my drawings that I created during this sad but extremely necessary nationwide lockdown. In this video you can see the pain and the dilemma faced by our migrant workers from different villages, while trying to return to their homes during this lockdown. They are without food and walked hundreds of kilometers to reach their villages. Some of them faced death too.

Art in Lockdown Day 5

© Soumen Bhowmick 2020
*Videography : Soumen Bhowmick
*Venue : In my studio
Date : 29/3/2020

Well friends as we all know that we should stay in complete isolation and indoors to fight with this nasty contagious virus, wreaking havoc globally. Right now on 29 March 2020 I am sharing my drawings that I created during this sad but extremely necessary nationwide lockdown. In this video you can see the pain and the dilemma faced by our migrant workers from different villages, while trying to return to their homes during this lockdown. They are without food and walked hundreds of kilometers to reach their villages. Some of them faced death too.

Staying home in my studio, I challenge myself to create random accounts of my isolated experiences with fear and loneliness and an uncertain future.

Art in Lockdown Day 4

Art in Lockdown Day 3

© Soumen Bhowmick 2020
*Videography : Soumen Bhowmick
*Venue : In my studio
Date : 27/3/2020

Well friends as we all know that we should stay in complete isolation and indoors to fight with this nasty contagious virus, wreaking havoc globally. Right now on 26 March 2020 I am sharing my drawings that I created during this moronic forced isolation.

Art in Lockdown Day 2

© Soumen Bhowmick 2020
*Videography : Soumen Bhowmick
*Venue : In my studio
Date : 26/3/2020

Well friends as we all know that we should stay in complete isolation and indoors to fight with this nasty contagious virus, wreaking havoc globally. Right now on 26 March 2020 I am sharing my drawings that I created during this sad but extremely necessary nationwide lockdown.

Staying home in my studio, I challenge myself to create random accounts of my isolated experiences with fear and loneliness and an uncertain future.

Art in Lockdown Day 1

© Soumen Bhowmick 2020
*Videography : Soumen Bhowmick
*Venue : In my studio
Date : 25/3/2020

Well friends as we all know that we should stay in complete isolation and indoors to fight with this nasty contagious virus, wreaking havoc globally. Right now on 25 March 2020 I am sharing my drawings that I created during this sad but extremely necessary nationwide lockdown.

Staying home in my studio, I challenge myself to create random accounts of my isolated experiences with fear and loneliness and an uncertain future.

Man Vs Paper

I (Soumen Bhowmick) recently visited this small but really cozy and welcoming art material store, Khalsa Stationer, tucked in a quiet corner of Bengali Market of New Delhi. I asked for some good quality paper to work on for my upcoming series on paper. Gurpreet Khalsa shown me this high fibre paper from Japan. I thought to give it a try then and there. Gurpreet was ok with the idea and readily provided me with the fabulous paper and some contes to draw with and the result is in-front of all of you.

Artist : Soumen Bhowmick

Videography : Gurpreet Khalsa

Video Editor : Suvankar Nandi

Venue : Khalsa Stationers' near Bengali Market, Delhi.

Year : March 2020

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Saturday, 16 May 2020

Art in Lockdown 2020 - 3

A whole lot of emotions played a major role in shaping all these works on paper. A bit of anxiety, a bit of fear, some dollops of hope, some sprinkle of anger makes a perfect mixture for my creative exploration during this long period of lockdown due to Corona pandemic. Sometimes I felt totally drenched from sitting at home and talking to my parents everyday for months. No other interactions were there. Felt quite strange sometimes.

To stay calm and concentrate with the visuals and material is a big challenge. Often feeling disturbed by unfortunate news of migrant workers meeting road accidents while walking back to their respective homes in various parts of India. Feeling disgusting as an individual who is incapable of physically helping all these poor and helpless people. Fake and gullible news are moved around to vitiate the atmosphere further. People faced discrimination based on religion while treated in hospitals for the pandemic. Shameful incidents of beating doctors and volunteers were reported from many parts of India. All such news made an impact with my creative process during this lockdown.

Art in Lockdown 2020 - 2

Fear and more fear looming all around us, day and night. No clue how to be safe. No clue of our future. Uncertainty is the only reality during this Corona Pandemic. His forced isolation is unbearable and unbelievably painful for our mind and body. I want to go out and shout my heart clear of all anxiety. When I see and hear about the horrible pain and agony faced by my fellow citizens, it breaks my heart. And as an artist I want to do something to question and protest against this brutal treatment to Indian migrant workers. How obnoxiously could we as a society and as a nation. We failed our own people.

Like to draw something cheerful maybe just to feel good during this gloomy lockdown. But even if I tried many a times, I couldn't draw jolly good, pretty pictures. Simply I can't deny the endless brutality thrown upon my fellow beings. Doctors dying due to lack of PPEs and face mask. People dying of hunger. Children screaming for help while walking hundreds of miles to their villages. People looking for safety and food like a mirage in a concrete jungle. A terrible sense of hopelessness envelopes you sometimes. Within this emotional turmoil I had to survive as an artist to create the contemporary developments. Financially it was challenging too. So many difficulties reared its head at this time of lockdown. Trust me, I went through hell and beyond. And most probably many of you too experienced the same.

Art in Lockdown 2020 - 1

This series of paintings and drawings are all done during the nationwide Corona Lockdown that was declared by the Government of India from 25 March 2020. I kept working on this series influenced by the pain and agony and the fear of death looming all around us globally, especially in India. Sometimes it's very dark in nature and sometimes the works are very mysterious, leaving behind many questions to ponder upon.

My job as an artist is to liberate your soul from ignorance and throw upon you hundreds of questions. I want my art to be the liberator of our failed conscience.

Mostly done in Black and White. On paper. Love to deal with the macabre and dark side of our existence.