Mamata Banerjee's paintings: Genius or Amateur?

Jan 09, 2013 15:33pm

An exhibition of paintings by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on display in Kolkata. She depicted life through various colours.
Mamata calls this painting 'Black Flowers'. The use of dark colours seems interesting in this painting.
Sun and the Grey Sky: This is not the first time Mamata Banerjee has showcased her art-work. However, this time she appears to be more at ease with the medium.
Red Lilies: Good politicians need to be aware of the ground realities and should be capable enough of providing hope to the people.
Dream of Night: Simple strokes can result in a painting if they are done with imagination.
Mamata rarely touches the bright colours, but 'Plants and Peacock' is an exception.
Landscape: It's really a good contrast to see a hardcore politician taking to brush to emote her emotions.
'Peacock and Flower in Blue' appears to be representing the synergy between the individual and the nature.
Art is probably the most effective tool to fight the injustice and tyranny.
'River' probably describes the value of fluidity in life and how it is important to keep marching forward.
Night of Fantasy: Politicians are dreamers and thus exploring fantasies would be their favourite pastime.
White Flowers: Sometimes, these paintings are used to raise funds for different causes as well.
On Lookers: This is one of the extrovert paintings by Mamata Banerjee. This is an attempt to say a lot of things simultaneously.
Three Images: If sources are to be believed then Mamata Banerjee always seeks opinion on her paintings from her closed ones.
Elephant with Red moon: In 2010, Banerjee drew up a list of select 2,000 people in Bengal to whom she gifted a greeting card designed her, that carried her printed signature.
The colour combination is a striking feature of this painting called 'Valley of Flowers'.
Known as 'Plants', it tries to bring out the crux of the human evolution.
This sketch is known as 'A Face of Fantasy'. Probably it was meant to depict the mysterious inside of the human mind.