Farhad Hussain

Every artist picks symbols to evolve for himself a visual language that he uses to communicate with or express himself. Back when I was a wee lass , I was falsely made to believe that flat colours in a painting meant incompetence and amateurism . Of course this never sat well with me, not with my fixation for bright & simple forms. Today I have evidence to prove those myths wrong.

In a deft play of motifs,colours,pattern and skill; Farhad Hussain's cheery living room scenes arean excercise in complexity and far from flat. They are inhabited by leering beings whose smiles bely their wildly inappropriate co-inhabitants that lie about nonchalantly.While his work has been described as "The theatrical entwining of the sinister and safe",to me it's more of that too-much-candy queasy feeling.

Still, I love the paintings, they're replete with the possibility of many interesting back stories.Thats always a good thing.