MANUS - The Inside Pages

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BUY THIS INCREDIBLE BOOK OF DRAWINGS BY AN INDIAN ARTIST, Soumen Bhowmick.

*SELF PUBLISHED BY THE ARTIST. A UNIQUE ART PROJECT, COMPILED IN A BOOK FORMAT. *726 ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE DRAWINGS WILL ENTHRALL YOUR SENSES. MOSTLY DONE OUTDOORS AT TRIVENI KALA SANGAM AND MANDI HOUSE. A RESULT OF LOVE AND PAIN IS MANUS. A VISUAL SOJOURN OF HUMANITY. OUR STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL, THE POLITICAL SCENARIO, SOCIETAL DILEMMAS AND THE STORY OF HUMANITY IN GENERAL IS MANUS. WORKED FOR A DURATION OF SIX YEARS. 

A MUST FOR ALL ART AND BOOK LOVERS. A LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES ONLY. FIRST EDITION. LAUNCHED IN 2018, NEW DELHI.

*ALL THE DRAWINGS IN THE BOOK ARE AVAILABLE FOR ART COLLECTORS OR MUSEUMS.

*INQUIRY FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION AND SALE IS APPRECIATED.

*PRICE : Rs.1500/- only (Indian currency).

TO *BUY YOUR COPY OF #Manus

CONTACT : soumen99@gmail.com or DIRECT MESSAGE ME ON MESSENGER.

LOLLIPOP LE LO LOLLIPOP, KHATTA MEETHA KHOONI FASCIST DRIPPING LOLLIPOP...

LOLLIPOP LE LO LOLLIPOP, 

KHATTA MEETHA KHOONI 

FASCIST DRIPPING LOLLIPOP

The devil himself disguised as a man, smooth talking and cunning to the core, suddenly stopped the tired looking me on the path of democracy. I was seeking answers to my smudged out dreams of success and goodwill. Suddenly I realise this devil was selling something, I took a short glance at his merchandise, he was promoting very dark and pretty mischievous but extremely tempting lollipops.

Lollipops are our weakness as humans. Sweet and sour, that's what he was loudly mouthing out. At the same time thumping his fifty six inch chest, a gaudy showoff.

I asked for the price of the tempting goodies, he said it's for free. But asked for my soul in exchange for those mischievous lollipops. I sold out my soul for a lollipop and I regret later on. Still crying in the corner of my failed and much injured body, lying on the ground. The lollipop was poisoned with fascist dubious ideas. It was laced with the venom of hatred and bigotry. So powerful was the poison that I lost my credibility as a human being at the very first bite.

I regret my choice and hate those lollipops to eternity.

MONOCHROME DAYS

Video Documentation of all the Works

#MonochromeDays, #SoumenArt, #Monochrome, #WaterColour, #Paintings

Started working on this series of monochromes in July 2018. These are really recent works on paper. The temptation to challenge myself with a monochromatic approach to the contemporary dualities of our surrounding was overwhelming. Had to address to my inner calling to capture today’s reality in monochromes. The world seemed to me in that tone only. I see today’s reining-societal hatred and crushing of human rights in a more precise magnification while using the aperture of monochrome. Humanity and its accessories are depicted in an absurd and twisted scenario in this series. Sometimes it’s all ogres or it’s totally insane to perceive. Brainwashed and injected with hatred with act like automated morons. The images are all reflection of what my senses absorbed from the world at present. The brutality is somehow subdued with the monochrome splashes. 

“MONOCHROME DAYS” is my answer to several queries on how an artist can portray political and societal madness and nonsensical tyranny in a more aesthetic way. But doing so, not loosing the soul of the narrative. The limitation of of the colour spectrum is required to reinvent myself and my sense of line and colour. As an Artist I find it hard to believe that one can’t invade the web of hatred and bigotry using mere lines and limited colours. I hope I met the challenge honestly. 

Enjoy the monochrome days… 

By: Soumen Bhowmick

MANUS the Book of Humanity

MANUS Book Video of the Pages

MANUS AN ENCOUNTER a Short Film

The moral hazard of sainthood

Tracts for the Times
An art and poetry collective
Election Series

Original artwork by Soumen Bhowmick

The Moral Hazard of Sainthood
by Shujaat Mirza

Now that we have
Home-grown xenophobes
Demagogues as born-again democrats,
What stands between the polls and
The pitch
But a lethal mix of hate-speech,
Hopelessly tied in knots of brazen
Brinkmanship.
And as the desperation arises
Uncannily the bigot rises,
Rushing headlong into the game
Consigning civilities to the flames.
Yes we already know,
They are upto the same old tricks
But we won't let this muck stick!
This forced intercession will be
Contained
The nation has always stood
And will stand
Unified once again.

When the nation is imperiled

Tracts for the Times
An art and poetry collective
Election Series

Original artwork by Soumen Bhowmick

When the Nation is Imperiled
by Shujaat Mirza

When the Nation is imperiled
Poetry becomes Dissent
When the discourse is xenophobic
We need not wait
For a letter of consent
To get things straight
We need to plug the mains
to the circuits
And restore all the grids.
Reckoning it might make each of us Count
And Inveigle our fence-sitting souls
To surmount
Our divisive electric fences.

Inner bigot

Tracts for the Times

A art and poetry collective

Election series

Original artwork by Soumen Bhowmick

Inner Bigot

by Shujaat Mirza

To awaken the inner bigot

You don't need it all stencilled

As a permanently marked skill.

You just need some rusted hate

Inside your head 

That scrambles up your 

Inner state.

And then you are on the

go

To match a prey to a kill.

Trash the hate vibes

Tracts for the Times

An art and poetry collective

Election series

Original artwork by Soumen Bhowmick

Trash the hate vibes

by Shujaat Mirza

As hate begets hate

And starts to circulate

We are walking dead

If we do not emasculate

The clumsy but efficient

Ghost-armies of the potentate.

That devour and feast upon

Each accusation and insinuation

That points you out as anti-national.

This voice that  we still have left

Is what they wish  to obfuscate.

You can choose to fling your hesitations

Or stay stowed  in  venal habitations.

MANUS IS AVAILABLE FOR READERS and ART LOVERS. BUY IT NOW

BUY THIS INCREDIBLE BOOK OF DRAWINGS BY AN INDIAN ARTIST, 

SOUMEN BHOWMICK. 

*SELF PUBLISHED BY THE ARTIST. A UNIQUE ART PROJECT, COMPILED IN A BOOK FORMAT. *726 ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE DRAWINGS WILL ENTHRALL YOUR SENSES. MOSTLY DONE OUTDOORS AT TRIVENI KALA SANGAM AND MANDI HOUSE. A RESULT OF LOVE AND PAIN IS MANUS. A VISUAL SOJOURN OF HUMANITY. OUR STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL, THE POLITICAL SCENARIO, SOCIETAL DILEMMAS AND THE STORY OF HUMANITY IN GENERAL IS MANUS.

WORKED FOR A DURATION OF SIX YEARS. 

A MUST FOR ALL ART AND BOOK LOVERS.

A LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES ONLY.

*INQUIRY FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION AND SALE IS APPRECIATED

TO *BUY YOUR COPY OF #Manus 

PLEASE CONTACT 

+91 9810661959

soumen99@gmail.com

* MANUS, the visual sojourn of humanity could be yours now. You can buy this book of drawings from the Artist (Soumen Bhowmick) directly. Only few copies left out of a LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies.

* Price, Rs.1500 (Indian Rupees). For outstation delivery courier and packing charges extra.

* It's a self published art book project by the artist. No other publisher is involved.

* For your copies of #Manus please message me on Facebook (www.facebook.com/soumencreative), Instagram (handle : soumenart) or call at M : +91 9810661959, soumen99@gmail.com

* Please kindly write your views or reviews about the book on the comment box of this post.

* A compilation of 726 drawings, spread across 786 pages, will enthrall your senses.

* A one of a kind drawing series on socio-political elements. Six years of drawing series is offered in the form of a book, #Manus.

* I humbly request to all those friends and book lovers who have bought this book to write a few lines as their valuable review of my book. I appreciate your time and words. 

MANUS BOOK LAUNCH

I most cordially invite you to the launch of 

my Book of Drawings, MANUS. 

MANUS, Book Launch and Signing

15 December, Saturday

Timing 1 to 7 PM.

Open Air Art Gallery

Triveni Kala Sangam,

205 Tansen Marg, 

New Delhi. 

Metro Station : Mandi House. 

R.S.V.P. - Soumen Bhowmick 

M: 9810661959

soumen99@gmailcom

A limited edition of 250 original Black and White drawings 

on contemporary issues and life in general. 

Political and social issues were dealt with visuals. 

It's completely self-published. 

726 original drawings. 

Total number of pages 786. 

Price - Rs.1500. 

A critical and engaging foreword written by JohnyML. 

He is an Art Historian, Curator and Writer. 

One of the best we have today in India. 

MANUS book launch teaser campaign

MANUS 

By Soumen Bhowmick​

Book Release & Signing

15 December 2018

Open Air Gallery, 

Triveni Kala Sangam, 

205 Tansen Marg. New Delhi. 

Timing - 1 to 7 PM.

Metro Station : Mandi House. 

Please join me at the book launch. Treat this video message as a formal invitation. Please share this video message with your friends and family. 

A LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies only. A true COLLETOR'S limited edition of original drawings on contemporary Political and Social issues. It's completely self published. 726 original Black and White drawings. 
Total number of pages 786. 

Price - Rupees(Rs) 1500.

A critical and engaging foreword written by Johny ML. He is an Art Historian, Curator and Writer. One of the best we have today. He is an honest and genuine writer and curator India currently have. 

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MANUS BOOK OF DRAWINGS - LAUNCH IN DELHI

WORLD – Painting by Soumen Bhowmick

WORLD, painting by Soumen Bhowmick, 2018

TITLE OF THE PAINTING – World.

SIZE – 75cm X 55 cm (Without frame).

MEDIUM – Acrylic colour and Coffee on paper.

YEAR – 2018.

PRICE – On request

“My world”, these words ring a very painful and dramatic sound of a world full of hatred and bigotry. The humanity is challenged by a very scary Fascist resurgence all over the world. The painting I did carrying this particular title resonates the present time we are living in or to be more precise, surviving. The image of a man lying on a heap of mangled-up flesh and blood and pierced by a word carrying the fascist mark is so very close to the reality of our time. This could be the scenario from any part of the world. This body without any mark of identity on it could be claimed by any religion, caste, nationality or tribe. The pain inflicted on the body is universal. The suffering needs no other language to explain the barrage of hatred and violence humanity is facing now. All the dead people who support this one single body are just pile of flesh and blood. They are our own people crushed under the very wheel of utopian notion of nationalism and development. Sacrificed at alter of fascists’ revival. We resist to be treated as mere victims who should be forgotten and thrown upon a pile of dead bodies, but have a collective voice to rise against this evil onslaught. 

As an artist I fail to accept this obnoxious trumpeting of fascism and reacted in my very own way. Can’t deceive myself and play the role of a mute spectator, the creative soul denies it at all cost. It’s my visual-voice in support to humanity through this painting of the new-age crucificaxion. 

WORLD, painting by Soumen Bhowmick, 2018

MANUS - BOOK DETAILS

You can read all the details of my forthcoming book #Manus here on this page. Only 250  limited edition copies will be there. So one can book their copy now. 

Please call or email me for any query or to book your copy of MANUS. Book launch will be in October/November of 2018 in Delhi.