The Art by Dr Ved Prakash Bhardwaj - HTML preview

The Art

where she worked on glass art for two to three

from a woman artist. Perhaps this is because she years. Even then, she remained rooted in Indian

does not accept any form of gender discrimination themes, painting subjects like the Shiva lingam

in art. She does not like to be labeled a “woman and Krishna.

artist.” She argues that if male painters are not Anjolie Ela Menon never separates her art

called “male artists,” then why should women be

from her personal world. In

labeled differently? Similarly,

her early paintings, windows

she rejects any notion of

and crows frequently appear,

competition in art. According to

reflecting memories of her life

her, art is not a hundred-meter

in Mumbai. According to her,

race where someone comes

crows were a common sight in

first and someone second.

Mumbai but not in Delhi. The

In fact, Anjolie Ela Menon

subjects in her later works also

wishes to be recognized simply

remained closely connected

as an artist. This reflects the

to her personal experiences.

aspiration of a true artist—one

Therefore, it would not be

whose work has established a

wrong to describe her art as a

distinct identity not only in India

pictorial autobiography.

but also abroad. She is among

Menon should be regarded as

the most expensive women

a bold painter because she

artists in the country, with her

depicted the nude form at a

paintings valued in lakhs and

time when such representation

crores. International auction

was not expected, especially

houses like Christie’s and

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