Manjit Bawa Indian, 1941-2008
Untitled, 1992
Pen & Ink on Paper
14.5" x 10.5"
Manjit Bawa draws inspiration from Indian mythology, Sufi tradition, literature, music, and poetry. In this composition, the two weightless, free-floating forms, where the human is more amorphous along with a...
Manjit Bawa draws inspiration from Indian mythology, Sufi tradition, literature, music, and poetry. In this composition, the two weightless, free-floating forms, where the human is more amorphous along with a poem written on the pictorial space; both the elements establish a dreamlike situation and evoke a sense of fall. For Bawa, it is a way of exploring the “separate mental universe” that humans and animals inhabit while coexisting together