Students' Biennale 2021: Visions of Nature

Das offers a refreshing revisit to the age-old technique of Wash Painting..

..as he depicts sights from day-to-day lives as well as narratives that transcend the ordinary.

The technique layers the scenarios with an element of mystique..

..making common sights of birds, trees and humans all the more alluring.

Capturing surreal actions of birds gazing at their reflections...

..or the usual sites of birds perched on branches.

With unearthly visions captured in the diluted ink wash alongside picturesque images of nature.

Ahmed Jafar exhibits works that are based on highly personal, self-interactions. He has created videos based on the Panchamahabhuta or the Five Elements of Nature, reflected through animated alphabets in transitory mode.

The narratives change significantly, questioning about the self and about existence, throughout the video.

He has also displayed images from his monochrome photography.