Baba Anand is a self-taught painter whose unique
style of collage portrays a rejuvenating freshness and originality.
His religious pieces utilize traditional images of Krishna and
other Hindu deities that Baba decorates with materials such as
sequins, crystals and gold and silver dust. These images are then
displayed in colorful, highly decorative mattes, using flowers
and other unusual three-dimensional objects.
Baba creates a charm that is in marked contrast
to the traditional solemnity of religious icons. The effect of
this whimsical and jubilant marriage of classical styles with
a glitzy, stylish approach is at once spiritual and irreverent.
These richly textured works, so vibrant and dramatic, represent
a creative vision, which crosses boundaries and challenges assumptions.
These powerful works of art are at once seductive and playful,
challenging stereotypes and celebrating the power of the kitsch
spirit.
"My art arises from past associations with
the glamour of the world ... This show is a shrine to the more
flamboyant entertainers and movies that have become immortal over
the years." Baba Anand has delved into the world of cinema,
appropriating directly from a defined visual metaphor amalgamating
it with his own training as a fashion designer and developing
a trajectory that is dramatic, and totemic of popular culture.