desmond lazaro

"Desmond Lazaro's work straddles both worlds: the traditional pichhvai painter's and the contemporary studio artist's. The pichhvai tradition expects the art to be narrative, or to fulfil a devotional purpose. The modernist painter in Lazaro, however, is programmed to emphasise the individual, 'secular' image. In keeping the two worlds separate, and combining the stereotypes of both, Lazaro drives us to create a different point of view from which to appreciate his work. "

These paintings made me nostalgic for Pondicherry. Images and text from here.