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Jatin Das ink-paints 2020 s migrant worker crisis
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New Delhi, Feb 11 : Highlighting the plight of daily wage workers during the nationwide lockdown last year, senior Indian artist and Padma Bhushan recipient Jatin Das will soon exhibit a series of ink paintings he did on the subject of mass migration the pandemic caused.
Captured in ink on paper, in his signature style, the show of paintings titled Exodus 2020 will be on view at the Art Alive Gallery in New Delhi. The show is scheduled to run from February 20-March 15.
By Siddhi Jain
New Delhi– Highlighting the plight of daily wage workers during the nationwide lockdown last year, senior Indian artist and Padma Bhushan recipient Jatin Das will soon exhibit a series of ink paintings he did on the subject of mass migration the pandemic caused.
Captured in ink on paper, in his signature style, the show of paintings titled ‘Exodus 2020’ will be on view at the Art Alive Gallery in New Delhi. The show is scheduled to run from February 20-March 15.
“Like everyone else, I was stuck at home for more than six months. I barely stepped out. What I missed the most was going to my studio, where I work from morning to late evening. Instead, I spent most of my time cooking and cleaning. But I was restless at home. I had two hundred odd acid free paper, some ink pots and lots of brushes. So I began painting. What appeared in the newspapers and television, and what I had observed over the years, all spontaneously came pouring out. And that is how the seri