Binoy, born 20^th Jan 1966 in Koothattukulam, Kerela has done his National Diploma in Fine Arts, from R.L.V. College of Fine Arts, Kerala.

He is an artist of few words who is adept at expressing his thoughts and concerns through painting. His earlier work included images of saints, churches and other familiar objects as well as self-portraits depicting torment due to violence prevalent in the society. Making a clear departure in his current work which appears more matured and measured, he creates carefully planned compositions in fine imagery though rotating around the same themes. The continuity of thought and basic tenure of the current work is seen to turn more intense and complex in its detailing as his protagonist often a young girl or a child, with an innocent look, smiling and playful, despite having been uprooted from his/her base or home. The accompanying foliage often in the background and occasionally in the foreground helps to soften the blow and make the alien locale appear more acceptable and adaptable. Social issues close to the artist’s heart are some of the fundamental concerns that are recurrently featured in his colourful and picturesque canvases mostly in large format that impart a distinct humane and compassionate oeuvre.

The inspiration and dynamics of his multihued work are derived from photography, cinema and digital media. But the metaphors he uses are the creations of his own mind and not from any resource or library. Indirect references to the surrounding world are retranslated and reframed to speak a different story through his art. Binoy’s ability to draw such a realistic imagery with photo like finish in his drawings and paintings gives his work its distinct look and special appeal. With their wide open eyes, large lips, roundish smiling faces busily engrossed in their own world amidst natural surroundings his people make a strange mix of imagery that has its own charm.  With its trajectory revolving around human concerns and social issues triggered by displacement, migration, rural /urban divide, clash of cultures, gender discrimination and violence, the work seems to engage itself with a longing for peace. The artist makes indirect references to the politics of building lobby and their abject apathy to the work force in today’s new global economy as he laments, “These displaced people are very much needed for the development of the society but the urban population thinks these labor forces from the rural areas are burden to the ever growing population of the metropolitan cities”.

The symbolism in Binoy’s work is derived from natural environment, flora and fauna while his aesthetics have a philosophical base. The artist works laboring in meticulous detail to reformulate and represent hard reality of life guised with fantasy in an appealing demure using pigment to play with emotions. In this series his protagonists are often seen in groups perhaps as a sign of their strong bonding or for moral support while his work in the earlier phase featured a single child or a lonesome women. The focus for the artist however continues to be on the dismal state and the dilemma that migrant work force in our big metros face, as he urges the city dwellers to recognize their existence and I conclude with his remark, “They too have the right for a better living and education”. This young artist who has had to struggle hard to find a foot hold in the big city is now comfortably located in the contemporary art circuit but continues to keep his roots alive by making frequent soul searching visits to the land of his birth.

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SOLO Shows

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